Would You Like Higher Insurance Costs With That Burger?
With President Obama’s push to reform health care gobbling up reams of newsprint lately, we decided that the time was ripe to put forth our modest proposal for lowering health care costs: raise insurance premiums for meat-eaters.
Now, before you Hardee’s fans reach for your defibrillators, hear me out. Insurance companies charge you higher rates for other risky behaviors, such as smoking and skydiving, so why not charge you for chowing down on burgers and brats? After all, a Chili’s Big Mouth Bites meal (which includes four “mini” bacon cheeseburgers) packs a whopping 2,350 calories! That’s more calories than most people should eat in an entire day.
PETA has written to the top two medical insurance providers suggesting that they stick it to raise rates for meat-eaters while simultaneously lowering rates for vegetarians. In our letter, we point out that compared to meat-eaters, vegetarians are less prone to a myriad of ailments—including heart disease. (Heart disease, for those who are taking notes, is America’s number-one killer disease.)
But hey, why wait for your insurance company to start charging you extra for those Buffalo wings and Philly cheese steaks? You can start doing your part to slash health care costs today by ordering a free copy of our “Vegetarian Starter Kit.”
Written by Alisa Mullins
