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Re:Data Mining Exec Pays For Burgers In Cash To Avoid Insura... by 3143 on Sunday June 24, 2012 @02:27AM (#4152745)
You're dismayed that some people believe the unhealthiest of the population ought to pay the largest share of healthcare costs? Maybe you disagree, but "dismayed" seems very harsh.
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Re:Data Mining Exec Pays For Burgers In Cash To Avoid Insura... by chris_wot on Sunday June 24, 2012 @03:25AM (#4152822)
Depends on whether you are talking about preventable disease or not.
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Re:Data Mining Exec Pays For Burgers In Cash To Avoid Insura... by 3143 on Sunday June 24, 2012 @07:09PM (#4154476)
All diseases are preventable, some are just not worth the cost of preventing.
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Re:Data Mining Exec Pays For Burgers In Cash To Avoid Insura... by chris_wot on Sunday June 24, 2012 @08:35PM (#4154646)
I wasn't aware of a cure for cancer.
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Re:Data Mining Exec Pays For Burgers In Cash To Avoid Insura... by 3143 on Monday June 25, 2012 @04:18PM (#4158524)
Prevention is not the same as cure. Historically, cancer has been prevented by dying of something else first.
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