text: As I worked through all of the comments, I think some people missed the point.  Though it does seem unfair to have to pay the health care bills for those who are irresponsible with their diet, most accidents and illnesses are the luck of the draw and it's hard to pinpoint who's to blame.  The guy who shot himself in the head had a health disorder that had nothing to do with his diet, etc.  And the clerk whose wife died of cancer -- who knows what kind of cancer that was??  My point is that we need to begin treating one another as family members and in my family, when one of us stumbles, the rest of us go to their aid.  Maybe we need to concentrate less on who's to blame for people's illnesses and focus instead on trying to love and serve one another.