sports and medical insurance

[freeradical]

Wailer wrote:
I would guess statistically people who play sports (ie exercise) cost insurers far less over the long-term than those that don't play any sports.

I'd agree with you on the exercise part, but not sports. Of course we're only guessing here.

[davester]

freeradical wrote: I'd agree with you on the exercise part, but not sports. Of course we're only guessing here.

Guessing is right. That's a very puzzling statement and I'd say it's dead wrong unless you're talking extreme sports. Almost everyone I know who gets exercise does it by getting involved in sports...and I am far from being a jock. The folks who simply go to the gym are in the minority and many of them eventually fall of the exercise wagon because that activity becomes tedious and the motivation isn't there. I've never heard someone say they quit doing sports because it is tedious or because they weren't motivated to do it.

[freeradical]

Exercise can be as simple as going for a walk after dinner, or doing some push-ups and sit-ups in the morning. Any routine where I have to go somewhere else is bad for me, because it's far easier to rationalize that I don't have time to go "there". Don't get me wrong, I enjoy outdoor activities such as hiking etc, but they are no substitute for what I do on a daily basis.