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Should hypochondriacs have to pay more for their health insurance?
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March 27th, 2015
I just did a quick Google search and find many articles about the cost of hypochondriacs on our health insurance system. Some say 20 billion dollars annually goes toward the care for hypochondriacs and their many (mostly unnecessary) doctor visits and tests due to their obsession and anxiety about their health.
What prompted this question is that I have a good friend who recently suffered some psychological trauma, and is now obsessed with relatively minor ailments and convinced that she is going to die or lose her eyesight or some other very unlikely consequences. She is going to 5 to 10 doctor visits per week and to sum it up without the mundane details, she’s nuts about all of it. What has happened to her is sad because she’s almost incapacitated due to her mental state.
Do you think hypochondriacs should have to pay more for their health insurance?
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