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      ACA prohibits charging people more for insurance based on their weight, so those costs are paid for by the public.

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        Right. And that is a choice that was made. You could make a choice to set up a framework to charge them more for their decisions. Instead you and the progressive public are choosing to accept the cost, and then complaining about that cost.

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          Oh right, I totally forgot that I can just waive my magic wand and change that for everyone, so I have no right to complain.

          I guess while I’m at it I might as well waive the magic wand so everyone has perfect health, right? Cut straight to the chase.

          What? I can’t do that?

          Could you believe the audacity I have to point out that under the current status quo, unhealthy people are having their healthcare costs subsidized by healthy people? Because that’s fundamentally how insurance works?