Kansas Smoke Out For Medicaid?!?!?

GOP plan from the Sunflower State attempts to make the most loathsome class of legal junkies pay for their addiction . . . Coffee tax can't be far behind. Read more:

Kansas GOP leader's Medicaid plan would boost tobacco taxes

A Republican leader spearheading an effort to pass a GOP plan for expanding Medicaid in Kansas has drafted a proposal that is likely to upset conservatives because it would increase tobacco taxes and does not include a work requirement for program participants.

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  1. Given the irrefutable health damage caused by smoking, smokers should be denied Medicaid anyway. Why should taxpayers be responsible for paying for the results of their nasty habit?

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  2. tax all sugar sodas and nix all overweight ppl from medicaid too.

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  3. As of 2006, and suspect has increased
    66.9% of US population is overweight.
    33.9% of US population is obese.

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  4. overweight measured starting at 25 BMI
    obese starts at 30BMI
    American samoa is the the heaviest in the world with 93.5% overweight and 74.6% obese, often attributed to non traditional diet.

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  5. They should deny coverage for ugly people too, leaving 10:02 out in the cold.

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