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Capital City Hoo

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On many plans today smokers pay a pretty significant premium


no pun intended. We're starting to see incentives for lifestyle choices (meaning those making choice more likely to cost the plan $ will pay a larger share).

Happy to extend the same principles to covid vaccines as we muddle through this pandemic. Just pay more to cover (more of) your potential cost to the system.

I'd also be fine w a triage system that deprioritizes symptomatic, unvaccinated people - but we'd never do that in this country.

We will always have free rider problems, but we should absolutely try to minimize their impact. I'm fine with "market" mechanisms. Unfortunately, some GOP politicians haven't been.

I think the point is that if you can be vaccinated (safely) but you're not, you're probably an asshole.

[Post edited by Capital City Hoo at 01/07/2022 09:24AM]

(In response to this post by jpmHoo)

Posted: 01/07/2022 at 09:13AM



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  Now do smokers, drinkers, fat people, etc. -- jpmHoo 01/07/2022 08:19AM
  On many plans today smokers pay a pretty significant premium -- Capital City Hoo 01/07/2022 09:13AM
  I think you're wrong, but hey, its your right -- Capital City Hoo 01/07/2022 10:27AM
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