Here's the trouble I have with nationalized health care: I don't want to pay for someone else's shitty life decisions. I'd be happy to pay for someone else to get a good education -- and would FAR prefer to see a nationalized college fund -- or to get better job training.
BUT...I'm 25 years old. I don't smoke, I drink moderately. I exercise regularly. I eat right. I don't do drugs. And I don't understand why I should have to pay for the health care of an obese alcoholic smoker who eats nothing but cheeseburgers and sits on his ass in front of the TV. In America, ONE-THIRD of the population is obese. That's higher than anywhere else in the world. It already costs $117 billion to treat people for diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, and the legion of other shit that obesity leads to, and it's one of the single most goddamned preventable condition on the planet. We're just lazy, that's all.
I would be 100% in support of creating nationalized healthcare for individuals under 18. After that, I feel like people have to be responsible for their own life choices and their own shitty health. I get what you're saying, about helping your fellow man -- but there's a thin line between helping someone else and being taken advantage of, imo, and if there's anywhere in the world where people would take advantage of the system, it'd be America..
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Date: 2009-08-01 07:34 pm (UTC)BUT...I'm 25 years old. I don't smoke, I drink moderately. I exercise regularly. I eat right. I don't do drugs. And I don't understand why I should have to pay for the health care of an obese alcoholic smoker who eats nothing but cheeseburgers and sits on his ass in front of the TV. In America, ONE-THIRD of the population is obese. That's higher than anywhere else in the world. It already costs $117 billion to treat people for diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, and the legion of other shit that obesity leads to, and it's one of the single most goddamned preventable condition on the planet. We're just lazy, that's all.
I would be 100% in support of creating nationalized healthcare for individuals under 18. After that, I feel like people have to be responsible for their own life choices and their own shitty health. I get what you're saying, about helping your fellow man -- but there's a thin line between helping someone else and being taken advantage of, imo, and if there's anywhere in the world where people would take advantage of the system, it'd be America..