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Originally posted by Im_just_me
The thing is, the way I see it, no one is MAKING these people go to McDonalds. No one is making these people order anything Supersized. That's on them. They need to learn to exercise CONTROL. Besides, pregnant me can't get enough of supersized fries... 
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Im_Just_Me,
I felt the way that you do at first as well. Then I found out that heart disease is the number killer of Americans and am now beginning to believe that the public may indeed have to pay for these sick Americans (consider all of the sick Americans who are on government assistance). I, for one, would like to see a healthier America - even if only for the reason that I would rather not have to pay medical care for all of these Americans with heart disease.
I'm sure that we all know of relatives who have had heart attacks, bypass surgeries, hypertension, etc. High fat/high cholesterol diet is often a factor. Many of these americans are on public assistance and we are therefore, at some level, footing the bill.