Reply #10: As opposed to smoking as I am,

[SheilaT]

as much as I want to think this is a good idea, it's just another example of why we need universal health care coverage for all.

I really hate it when discussions like this deteriorate into saying we should also deny coverage or charge a lot more for obese people, or those who don't eat "correctly". Yeah, none of us should smoke, none of us should be overweight let alone obese, none of us should eat fatty foods, none of us should ever drive without a seat belt, and so on and so forth. The reality is that some of us smoke, are overweight, and so on and so forth. Universal health care coverage should be a fundamental right for all of us. I don't care what you do in your personal life, or what crappy choices you make, you still deserve decent health care.