I have two coworkers who are a combined ~250 lbs. overweight. One was saying to the other, "man, my snoring/sleep apnea is getting so bad, I wake up gasping for breath at night!"
The other replies, "oh yeah, I had that, went to the doctor and got a big ass breathing machine I hook up to my face every night, pushes the air right through that pack of hot dogs that passes for my neck!"
O.K., so that wasn't an exact quote, but the thought of say, LOSING WEIGHT, never occured to them.
If health insurance was more like car insurance, i.e., you only used it when the cost would crunch your budget, we'd be better off.
The other replies, "oh yeah, I had that, went to the doctor and got a big ass breathing machine I hook up to my face every night, pushes the air right through that pack of hot dogs that passes for my neck!"
O.K., so that wasn't an exact quote, but the thought of say, LOSING WEIGHT, never occured to them.
If health insurance was more like car insurance, i.e., you only used it when the cost would crunch your budget, we'd be better off.