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Originally posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts
How about charging people health insurance rates based upon their weight, smoking status, etc ? Weight would be easiest to quantify.

-Wayne
I thought they did...or maybe it's life insurance? Group policies, like those issued for Government employees, with the taxpayers footing the bill would be problematic, though.
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