Does this health plan make me look fat?

posted at 5:29 pm on July 29, 2009 by Pundette
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This study says it might:

According to the study, health-care coverage literally encourages obesity, because people tend to become less careful about weight-gain when they know that insurance will cover at least some of the weight-related health costs in which they may incur.

Looks like another unintended consequence for ObamaCare.

But let’s be grateful for our ever-expanding obesity problem, for it affords us something to tax to pay for the universal government healthcare that will either eradicate or increase it.

Fat is where it’s at in the news today:

Nearly 10% of Health Spending Due to Obesity
Costs of treating obesity soars
Who’s ready for a fat tax?
Taxing the fat in your food
The Future of Obesity?

And maybe being fat isn’t so bad after all:
5 surprising myths about excess weight

Rush Limbaugh has the transcript of a fat vs. thin faceoff on CNN. My favorite part:

ROTH: There’s a higher incidence of infertility, pregnancy complications –

DAVIS: I don’t have those issues.

ROTH: — low sperm count, and even a higher incidence of birth defects when it comes to obesity. So don’t argue me. Argue with Darwin.

DAVIS: I think that that’s insulting, actually. I work out four times a week.

ROTH: Which you’re supposed to be working out every day.

Insufferable. It’s the age of the nag, headed by the President and First Lady.

Cross-posted here.

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