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 Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:34 am Post subject: Does obesity lead to a hike? |
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Suzie is 12..but is seemingly gaining weight with each passing year before my eyes..is this gonna cost her more of health premiums later!
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Suziesmomma
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:55 am Post subject: it rings aloud..hear it.. |
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Don't you feel our medicare is already exhausted?
If you'd feel alike, could you imagine how they would account for the expected 50% of the obesity-related death & disease costs?
Yes, it is simply through raising the health insurance costs. In an age, when health costs are already higher, being an obese person would simply reduce your chances of getting covered in the near future.
Think again!
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:26 am Post subject: |
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Truly ...it can...& it will...
You can easily find out if she is obese...this site has a calculator that might help you to calculate your BMI which determines whether you are really obese or not!
Calculator =>ampminsure.org/calculators/bodymassindex.php
Now, take the help of this table to know if you're obese:
|Ht| |Normal| |Ovr wt| |Obese|
5-3" 104-140 141-168 >=169
5-6" 115-154 155-185 >=186
5-9" 126-168 169-202 >=203
6 137-183 184-220 >=221
Now if an over-weight/obese person has some ill-habits eg. smoking he/she would be at a greater risk from the point of view of an insurer. Insurance costs are bound to get raised for such people since they have the possibility of combining for all possible claims that an insurer faces.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:30 am Post subject: anyone listening?? |
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| Quote: | Heavy people do not spend more than normal-size people on food, but their life insurance premiums are two to four times as large. They can expect higher medical expenses, and they tend to make less money and accumulate less wealth in their shortened lifetimes. They can have a harder time being hired, and then a harder time winning plum assignments and promotions…
Complications from obesity, particularly diabetes, which afflicts 21 million Americans, push up the bill: $44,000 for a heart attack, $40,200 for a stroke or $37,000 for end-state kidney disease… |
Things don't always start at the ripe ages...so its better to take guard since childhood. You must have heard of those families who needed to spend $100 a week in order to get them trained by experts about how to control obesity & lead a normally functional life.
A good bit of restrictions later down the line...then why not now?? anyone listening??
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Suzie is 12..but is seemingly gaining weight with each passing year before my eyes..is this gonna cost her more of health premiums later! |
Forget about the premiums and get this child some help YESTERDAY! The poor kid, if she does have some obesity problems, then get her to a doc and start working on a healthy life style for her now...not to mention the premiums, (and I'm sorry but her life is way more important that what her premiums may cost...i know that was the question but still)...not only could she die at a young age, and have a limited life, but how is she going to be emotionally? She isn't in high school yet but will be soon...do you want her to be the poor fat kid that never dates, participates in high school activities etc?
Please please please (if susie is a real person) get the kid to the doc and learn how to take care of her and her problem...
(dag-gum ''mama'' in me pops out just automatically-sorry)
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