Smoking is a pre-existing condition

That’s what the DC Health Board Exchange says.

Nonsense. Smoking is not a condition; it is a choice. Is drinking whiskey and/or beer a pre-existing condition? Snorting coke?

More dangerous to democracy than the illogical decision is the fact that a group of politically-appointed people made the decision.

“Obamacare eliminates the option for democratic response. Instead, it creates a body of political appointees immune from being held accountable at the ballot box.”

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/345153/smoking-preexisting-condition-kevin-d-williamson

“Obamacare was sold as a way to help poor people and sick people get health insurance, but, as the D.C. decision shows, the actual intent of the law is the abolition of health insurance.

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“There will be thousands and thousands of decisions like this in the coming years, and voters will have very little recourse against them. That is part of the genius of bundling the welfare state with the regulatory state …”

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