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Mostly in countries that have a national healthcare system, as the government has to pay directly for the harm caused by corporations to its population's health
by mtgx 9y ago
Mostly in countries that have a national healthcare system, as the government has to pay directly for the harm caused by corporations to its population's health. This applies to the coal and oil/car industries, too.
However, one could argue that even countries such as the U.S., which have a private healthcare system are negatively impacted by harmful industries like these, because the citizens pay for healthcare when they could be paying for something else. But the effect is not as direct, and it may not be as big either, as the government can still profit from taxes in the private healthcare industry and so on.