Re: RC: Denial of heath ins. and dangerous recreation; READ!

["Carolyn Burgess" <carolyn_burgess@hotmail.com>]

I just found out about this, so I am writing my letters as well.  BTW, 
insurance is about risk.  Are there studies that show that recreational 
horseback riders are at such great risk that this warrants no coverage.  And 
as I said before, does this mean that they are not going to cover people who 
don't exercise (the bird wathcher or quilter) and are at higher risk for 
stroke and heart attacks.  Or the people who have genetic predisposition to 
certain diseases. Or those who smoke, drink alcohol, eat red meat and animal 
fat.


Carolyn


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>Subject: Re: RC: Denial of heath ins. and dangerous recreation; READ!
>Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 13:58:39 EST
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>In a message dated 3/29/01 12:58:07 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>carolyn_burgess@hotmail.com writes:
>
>
> > We all need to write our congressmen and senators to get this
> > stopped.
>
>
>Thank you Carolyn for your advise, but I ALREADY wrote my letters weeks ago
>when this first came to light!  How about you?
>
>And just to give you some food for thought, look at it from the other side.
>Let's just suppose I am a birdwatcher, I pay for health insurance, my cost
>are reflected by the risk the insuror has to take covering everyone else,
>i.e, horseback riders, skateboarders, motorcycle riders, off road 
>enthusiast,
>mountain bikers, and on and on.  I would not think it fair that my 
>insurance
>costs as a birdwatcher should have to cover other risks!  I don't like 
>having
>to pay a higher premium anymore than you do, but WHY should my co-workers (
>have the same amount deducted from salary) who sew quilts on the weekend 
>have
>to cover my risk as an equestrian? Once again, I don't like the idea of a
>seperate policy or higher premiums, I don't even know if thats where this
>whole issue is going.
>
>Jackie Baker
>
>
>Jackie Baker

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