Comments on: Update on the Health Care Trojan Horse http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/10/update-on-the-h.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tony http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/10/update-on-the-h.html/comment-page-1#comment-7811 Tony Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:24:25 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/10/update-on-the-h.html#comment-7811 <p>"You could even decide not to have a national health care system at all and allow insurance premiums to reflect the actuarial risk of individual behavior! But that would be crazy."</p> <p>Because all people that are unhealthy choose to be that way right? Oh wait, thats not how it works. Must just be that way with stupid people...like you!</p> “You could even decide not to have a national health care system at all and allow insurance premiums to reflect the actuarial risk of individual behavior! But that would be crazy.”

Because all people that are unhealthy choose to be that way right? Oh wait, thats not how it works. Must just be that way with stupid people…like you!

]]> By: Charles D. Quarles http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/10/update-on-the-h.html/comment-page-1#comment-7810 Charles D. Quarles Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:58:23 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/10/update-on-the-h.html#comment-7810 <p>Do not forget, obesity is *not* defined as a fat to total body weight percentage. It is defined as total body weight in kg divided by height in meters squared. A number around 20 is "normal", above 25 is "overweight" and above 30 is "obese" (see this link: http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/ ); yet the drive-by media that touts the "obesity epidemic" never mention that obesity has been defined downward. This is the root cause of the "obesity epidemic", not overeating, under exercising, or bad metabolism. In the hospital, the folks that die the fastest are the really skinny and the really, really fat.</p> Do not forget, obesity is *not* defined as a fat to total body weight percentage. It is defined as total body weight in kg divided by height in meters squared. A number around 20 is “normal”, above 25 is “overweight” and above 30 is “obese” (see this link: http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/ ); yet the drive-by media that touts the “obesity epidemic” never mention that obesity has been defined downward. This is the root cause of the “obesity epidemic”, not overeating, under exercising, or bad metabolism. In the hospital, the folks that die the fastest are the really skinny and the really, really fat.

]]> By: Ann http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/10/update-on-the-h.html/comment-page-1#comment-7809 Ann Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:03:02 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/10/update-on-the-h.html#comment-7809 <p>Nice post! You have said it very well. Keep going. </p> Nice post! You have said it very well. Keep going.

]]> By: dicentra http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/10/update-on-the-h.html/comment-page-1#comment-7808 dicentra Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:10:50 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/10/update-on-the-h.html#comment-7808 <p><i>Hey, do you know who's healthy? Mormons are. Maybe the government should provide giant tax credits for being Mormon.</i></p> <p>Hey, I'm down with that.</p> <p>But Mormons are most definitely <i>not</i> ahead of the curve when it comes to obesity. We may not imbibe spirits, but we more than make up for it with rich desserts and such. More ice cream consumed per capita (Utah) than anywhere else, or at least it used to be. </p> Hey, do you know who’s healthy? Mormons are. Maybe the government should provide giant tax credits for being Mormon.

Hey, I’m down with that.

But Mormons are most definitely not ahead of the curve when it comes to obesity. We may not imbibe spirits, but we more than make up for it with rich desserts and such. More ice cream consumed per capita (Utah) than anywhere else, or at least it used to be.

]]> By: Bob Smith http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/10/update-on-the-h.html/comment-page-1#comment-7807 Bob Smith Sun, 21 Oct 2007 21:00:55 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/10/update-on-the-h.html#comment-7807 <p>NOW is for whatever benefits women at the expense of men. Since they expect the subsidy implied in socialized medicine to flow towards women, who as a group are net tax consumers (compared to men who are net tax payers), they're all for it.</p> NOW is for whatever benefits women at the expense of men. Since they expect the subsidy implied in socialized medicine to flow towards women, who as a group are net tax consumers (compared to men who are net tax payers), they’re all for it.

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