It increases insurance rates. -----Original Message----- From: Scott Stroz [mailto:boyz...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 8:07 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Dawrin Award Winner
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:339930 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
