Is someone who's overweight, or smokes, and dies at a relatively early age any more expensive than someone who lives into their 80's and gets treatment for the common things that come along with old age?

Get everybody fat and smoking, the average lifespan will drop back into the mid 60's and watch those healthcare costs start to drop.

I think I'm being sarcastic.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

your just telling the truth.

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2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

Yep, it really is the truth according to these guys:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080205/ap_on_he_me/obesity_cost;_ylt=AjyKvyVEpU89dfYYOSXAF6.s0NUE

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2002 E320 4-Matic
2008 Subaru Outback
2009 Subaru Forester

You should run for prez. You just fixed social security.

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"Evolution is God's way of giving upgrades" Francis Collins

if only they would apply the same bans to movie theaters and airplane seats. i love paying way too much for tickets for either only to have to lean out into the aisle for the entire flight/movie/whatever. i thought the airlines at least had the ability to force passengers to buy two seats if they were excessively large, but i have yet to see it enforced.

i suppose you guys already saw this (sorry if it was already posted):

http://www.southtownstar.com/lifestyles/lifefamily/726715,0110buffet.article

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1983 300D classic white 196,xxx
2007 toyota yaris lb
2007 nissan versa (wife's)
2001 nissan frontier
2006 bmw r1150gs
2001 ducati monster 900
2003 zr7s
2007 klr650

ee gads, the nanny state!

even if it does pass, compliance will be a joke as will be enforcement. as if cops have nothing better to do than to escort an obese patron out of a restaurant.

scenario:

restaurant to obese father with family of 4 who are not all obese: sorry, you cant eat here, but the rest of your family can.

father: "family, lets go somewhere else to eat."