Gil Ross: vaping has better results than all FDA-approved methods put together

[AndriaD]

I'm pretty sure the optimum would be to live healthy and productively until age 63 and then die suddenly. Unless of course you hold public office, because we all know they stay productive well into their 90's.

Snort... because they don't actually DO ANYTHING USEFUL.

Andria

 

[DC2]

I take the view that dangerous activities like smoking tobacco, drinking or BASE jumping will incur higher insurance premiums and indeed taxes because of the likelihood of participants needing expensive medical care in future. Smokers' health insurance rates mirror this.

Do BASE jumpers really incur expensive medical costs?
I sort of figured if anything went wrong, they'd be shoveled directly into their caskets.

Eh, never mind me...
Just thinking out loud...

 

[Rossum]

Do BASE jumpers really incur expensive medical costs?

Sometimes they do. Google: Jeb Corliss Table Mountain.

 

[TyPie]

I've never understood why health care costs should influence anything. People who die suddenly costs less over a lifetime than those who live into old age, so we should get rid of seat belts, helmets, vaccinations.

Exactly! The unintended consequences of good health.

 

[DC2]

Sometimes they do. Google: Jeb Corliss Table Mountain.

Wow, that had to leave a mark.
Can't believe he survived the fall to the ground.

 

[caramel]

I'm pretty sure the optimum would be to live healthy and productively until age 63 and then die suddenly. Unless of course you hold public office, because we all know they stay productive well into their 90's.

60. Would solve some of the unemployment issues while avoiding some of the higher wages paid to long time senior employees.

 

[caramel]

I've never understood why health care costs should influence anything. People who die suddenly costs less over a lifetime than those who live into old age, so we should get rid of seat belts, helmets, vaccinations.

I say we should start by looking at government costs. Members of the government that cost more than others should have a sin tax applied to their income.