>>>>but why socialize the cost of medicine of those unwilling to loose weight and unwilling to control their diet ? For my taste personal choice of living/behaviour should express itself in medical cost as well at least partially.
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>>I agree in principle but how can you legislate such a thing? What about the obese diabetic mother of 5, including a piano prodigy? To paraphrase Abraham Lincoln: it's better to shell out for 99 undeserving than to abandon one deserving.
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>As someone who will be dealing with this for the rest of my life, I have mixed feelings.
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>My diet and lifestyle went out of control. I dropped 52 lbs and am in much better condition. But Type 2 runs in my family and I'll likely be taking metformin for the rest of my life. Even back in the spring when I dropped 20 lbs and had cut out some carbs and most sugar, my glucose was still dangerously high.

Trying to legislate it would be problematic - better thing is to increase preemptive health checkups for everyone ....while it would not solve the problem,it would reduce it and solve some other issues as well.