Americans Say Health Insurance Companies Should Charge More For Smoking But Not Obesity, Survey Finds.

reports in its “Briefing Room” blog that a recent Gallup poll found most Americans “say they believe it is okay to charge smokers higher insurance rates, but not those who are obese.” Researchers “found that 59 percent of Americans polled said it is ‘justifiable’” for smokers to pay higher health insurance rates, while “37 percent of Americans polled...said significantly overweight people should pay higher rates.” http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/342921-poll-americans-say-charge-smokers-more-but-not-the-obese