# Being Unhealthy Could Cost You -- Money **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 8, 2007, 6:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/being-unhealthy-could-cost-you-money/191663 "2007-08-08T06:37:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/being-unhealthy-could-cost-you-money/191663/5 "2007-08-08T07:05:32Z")
> [@The new addition to the family :P](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-new-addition-to-the-family-p/31792/21): > > I kinda skimmed it over…but I see a ton of problems…first off BMI is a joke…I am like a 29…and am far from being fat…second off some people suffer from high blood pressure or high cholesterol not b/c they are not healthy or fat but b/c it is hereditary. > > I do like the overall concept…Being a person that eats healthy, exercises, does not smoke…I get annoyed paying higher ins cost in result of people who do not take care of themselves. I would like to see it run sort of like car ins…where the better drivers usually pay lower rates or get rewards. But if you think of all people are not created equal and some people have a rougher time dealing with health just b/c they were born that way…I dunno I see both points of view and there is too much of a grey area to say a person is the way they are b/c they are not taking care of themselves or they were just born that way. I agree, its not really a perfect system but its a good idea with some work. It just burns me that the people that constantly are sick at work are the people that are standing outside smoking and slamming down fast food every day. IMO we should be tested and a premium should be assigned to our health. When you get Life Insurance they give you a risk number, why not perform the same tests on a bi-yearly basis? I think healthcare is just something that needs some new thinking, especially with the increase of healthy Gen X’rs. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/being-unhealthy-could-cost-you-money/191663)._