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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 09:34 AM Original message |
Should private insurers be required to pay for medication that helps people quit smoking? |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. As well as methadone and safe injection clinics. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. I think so and most insurance companies likely wouldn't mind. |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. True, but... |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Well if this passes then maybe they will just be |
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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Laughing too hard to type more than the subject line . . . .nt |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. If the medication works, then the insurer would be smart to offer to pay for it. nt |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Could think of it as prevention |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
7. Why not raise the cost of premiums for smokers to cover the cost of tobacco-cessation treatment? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. and let's also track who orders pizza & goes to donut shoppes |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Some insurers already are charging more for obese patients |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Because smokers already pay more. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. How much more? Enough to pay for tobacco-cessation treatments |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
10. You would think in the long run it would save them billions. |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
11. As medical costs, these are minuscule |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
12. If they're going to charge us more for being smokers, then yes, they should. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
14. No-brainer. How much does it cost to treat lung cancer and emphysema? (nt) |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
15. How many die from lung cancer yearly? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
16. There are some that don't? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
17. If they're smart. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-27-11 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
20. Better Question: Should there even BE private insurers? n/t |
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