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<blockquote data-quote="Flipx99" data-source="post: 7930875" data-attributes="member: 562352">The main problem I have with Obamacare is that it does very little to change American culture. Obesity is growing at an alarming rate and it&#039;s spillover costs are enormous. There&#039;s not a lot in Obamacare to &quot;award&quot; people for healthy living. Instead, the opposite, it makes it cheaper to live an unhealthy lifestyle. Until we do something about the way (and what) we eat, attitudes to getting healthy, educating the poor on healthy eating choices, etc, then Obamacare won&#039;t defray any costs. From smoking to fast food, unless we protect people from themselves, costs are going to continue to skyrocket.And since Obamacare tries to throw us all on exchanges anyway, it&#039;s no longer a question of liberty. Our liberty has already been revoked as we are all in the same system. And since your (anyone who lives unhealthily) actions directly increase the cost to everyone, your rights should be limited. It&#039;s why I am not mad at Bloomberg for his soda bans. He understands that the unhealthy are directly increasing system costs and since they cannot make good choices, he&#039;ll make the choices for them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Flipx99, post: 7930875, member: 562352"] The main problem I have with Obamacare is that it does very little to change American culture. Obesity is growing at an alarming rate and it's spillover costs are enormous. There's not a lot in Obamacare to "award" people for healthy living. Instead, the opposite, it makes it cheaper to live an unhealthy lifestyle. Until we do something about the way (and what) we eat, attitudes to getting healthy, educating the poor on healthy eating choices, etc, then Obamacare won't defray any costs. From smoking to fast food, unless we protect people from themselves, costs are going to continue to skyrocket. And since Obamacare tries to throw us all on exchanges anyway, it's no longer a question of liberty. Our liberty has already been revoked as we are all in the same system. And since your (anyone who lives unhealthily) actions directly increase the cost to everyone, your rights should be limited. It's why I am not mad at Bloomberg for his soda bans. He understands that the unhealthy are directly increasing system costs and since they cannot make good choices, he'll make the choices for them. [/QUOTE]

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