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Wow, can't believe no one took the bait, sounds like a solutions then Ed.

Why couldn't the government just say to the entire population that in 20 years they will cut funding to any medical ailments proven to be caused by self inflicted habits ie. smoking, drinking excessively, eating a high sugar/fatty diet? Why is it silly to suggest that everyone starts with a...

Can you please explain why? (Also, I'm not deliberately trying to single you out, I'd just like to hear the view from another perspective).

Really? You're going to compare someone going through IVF to someone who chooses to kill themselves with cigarettes?

The government introduced compulsory super in 1992 to alleviate future strain on the public purse as we have an aging population, the current government has pushed back the pension age and in doing so has hopefully made the wider population think more about their retirement plans (who am I...

You don't think it had more to do with the amount of activity people were partaking in back then Datto?

Going by how much surgery costs you'd have to think the actual device would be one of the cheapest parts of the procedure?

'Medicare covers some bariatric surgical procedures, like gastric bypass surgery and laparoscopic banding surgery, when you meet certain conditions related to morbid obesity. Your doctor or other health care provider may recommend you get services more often than Medicare covers.' Straight...

Haha, couldn't be much worse than roo meat could it?

The tax would be imposed on food products, not people, that way it couldn't be said that it prejudices against any particular group. To be honest it's terrible idea, I hate the idea of introducing a new tax but unfortunately a very large portion (no pun intended) of the population doesn't...

Definitely not.

Agree, sugar is a massive factor too.

Forgot to add that funds from said fat tax could be directed to education similar to quit campaign and also for obesity related diease treatments.

I worked with a guy on and off who was about 6'5" who would have easily weighed 150kg+ when I was FIFO, he got lap band surgery and when I saw him a few months later he was still eating as much as before but would excuse himself from dinner to go spew! He had lost some weight but hadn't changed...