54% of physicians think patients with unhealthy habits should pay more for insurance 

More than half of physicians think patients with unhealthy habits should pay more for insurance, according to Medscape’s 2022 “Right or Wrong in Medicine” report. 

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Medscape surveyed 4,100 physicians on how they respond to ethically challenging scenarios.  

Here’s how surveyed physicians answered the following question: “Should patients with unhealthy habits pay more for insurance?” 

Yes: 54 percent

No: 28 percent

It depends: 18 percent

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