Just to float the "thick skull" perspective here. Some people believe health care should be treated as a right. We find ourselves wedged into a situation where

Just to float the "thick skull" perspective here. Some people believe health care should be treated as a right. We find ourselves wedged into a situation where the damage to an individual caused by the actions of that individual become a cost that must be borne by others. Not that I agree fully with either perspective. Its a difficult problem. "My body and mine alone" is a great perspective until you break it and need help beyond your own means to fix it. Edit: Ahh- Thankyou. At this point I can safely say that this is a reliably unpopular opinion. I'm not sure why though. Would someone do me the courtesy of resolving the question for me after you hit that down button: Why is it my body to unconditionally do with as I please but someone else's responsibility to fix it no matter what? I can't resolve the dissonance here but the notion seems repugnant to all sides of the debate. I'm a big proponent of basic universal healthcare but this seems a big drawback of this approach. I really would like to hear what people think I'm missing.