Reply #130: But some risks of smoking are lifelong, even if you quit

[conflictgirl]

So are you going to refuse Medicaid/Medicare all your life, since you once smoked? After all, your smoking may be causing health problems that will show up eventually - even if you quit.

I live 5 miles from Dow Chemical. Should I be ineligible for health care assistance because I "choose" to live near a company whose pollution may someday negatively impact my health? My point is that if you're really looking hard enough, you can find a way to blame almost anyone's health conditions on choices they made. It doesn't seem fair to me to say that some people don't deserve Medicaid because of their choices, especially because it's biased against only certain choices.