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Yeah, and we ban people from public roads for bad behavior. Will we ban people from public healthcare for bad health choices? Do we really want to give the gove
by luxuryballs 9y ago
Yeah, and we ban people from public roads for bad behavior. Will we ban people from public healthcare for bad health choices? Do we really want to give the government that kind of exclusive control over a service while giving up control of our bodies?
- ML_God 9y agoThere are limited resources, somebody has to make hard decisions - e.g. if a given patient must live or die. Is a privately owned insurance company a better choice maker, than the government in this case?
- coredog64 9y agoSmokers typically exhibit compressed mortality. Yes, they die younger than non-smokers, and yes, they have health issues. But the health issues are typically of the sort that get deadly in short order and so actually save money.
- camiller 9y agoNot sure how fighting lung cancer for three years with multiple rounds of chemo and radiation saves money....