I don't get the indignation here.

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I don't get the indignation here.

TB — 10/26/2013 5:11:43 PM (archived)

Whether or not you smoke is one of the first questions any health insurer, private or otherwise, asks you. It's usually on the first page of online application forms. And yes, it can affect your rates. Why shouldn't it?

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ACA and smoking - RobVG - 10/26/2013 3:05:39 AM
- Bad drivers hate that their record is known to their auto insurers too. - alcaray - 10/27/2013 2:01:18 AM
- What a load of horse shit - Jody - 10/26/2013 4:17:49 PM
  - Are you and I the only smokers left here - FrankC - 10/27/2013 1:40:46 AM
  - A lot of employers are asking that now. - ER - 10/26/2013 5:54:39 PM
    - BINGO - Jody - 10/26/2013 6:07:03 PM
  - I don't get the indignation here. - TB - 10/26/2013 5:11:43 PM
    - "You don't drink don't smoke, what do ya do?" - RobVG - 10/26/2013 6:11:27 PM
      - looks like a trade-off - Robert - 10/27/2013 2:55:59 AM
        
        It's easy to dump on smokers. - ER - 10/27/2013 4:49:36 AM
        
        Single payer, the universal solvent. - Robert - 10/28/2013 4:35:42 AM
        
        They cost me money. They harm my health. - alcaray - 10/27/2013 11:09:56 PM
        
        They aren't apologetic. Instead they are quite strident. - alcaray - 10/27/2013 11:10:38 PM
      - "It’s one thing when your insurance company asks if you smoke. It’s another when it’s a government condition for using the health exchange." - ER - 10/26/2013 6:41:09 PM
        
        "Shoppers" - RobVG - 10/26/2013 7:09:56 PM
        
        It's fraud if you do it directly to an insurance company, too. - alcaray - 10/26/2013 9:51:25 PM
        
        The government isn't selling you the insurance. - ER - 10/26/2013 8:19:26 PM
        
        EDIT: - ER - 10/26/2013 8:43:12 PM
        
        I can't argue with any of that. n/t - RobVG - 10/27/2013 1:27:27 AM
        
        Still digging. - RobVG - 10/26/2013 8:42:41 PM
    - I didn't say it shouldn't... - Jody - 10/26/2013 5:39:31 PM
- Re: ACA and smoking - TB - 10/26/2013 3:37:05 AM
  - That was initially a matter of attention to the road . . . - DanS - 10/27/2013 6:19:19 PM
    - Not inane. Mostly, it's statistics. - TB - 10/27/2013 6:35:26 PM

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