Unless all of these motorcyclists were under Medicare or Medicaid, I am not sure I see how this costs 'us' any more money than any other disease/injury.
On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Larry Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The first study I mentioned noted that following Pennsylvania's repeal non > helmet related head injuries went up over 42 percent. Here's the rest of the > quote: > > The number of head-injured, hospitalized motorcyclists requiring further care > at facilities specializing in rehabilitation and long-term care increased 87 > percent after the repeal, and increased 16 percent for non-head injured > motorcyclists. > Total acute care hospital charges stemming from motorcycle-related head > injuries increased 132 percent in the two years following repeal compared to > 69 percent for non-head injuries. > --- > > That's for one state only. Want to multiply that by 50+ times and more. > That's not a few dollars per person. > >>That's interesting stuff. >> >>Question: How much would I be willing to pay for particular freedoms, >>including paying for other people's freedom? >> >>Just because not having a law may cost me a few extra cents in tax dollars >>as an American citizen, doesn't necessarily mean I should support the law. >>Especially since there are other laws that DWARF this one in money spent by >>tax payers on health. The obvious one is the legality of alcohol. >> >>I know drinking causes umpteen millions, and maybe billions, in health >>spending every year.....but damnit, I want to be able to drink, so i'm >>willing to pay the bill for a little freedom. >> >>Similarly, people who want to ride motorcycles without a helmet will cost us >>a bit more in health spending each year.....but is it enough to give me the >>right to tell them what to do? Dunno. I take freedom pretty seriously...more >>seriously than money, actually. >> >> >> >>> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:339929 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
