The U.S. Health Care Debate

[Proletariat]

I'm on-board too. I'm convinced that my vices (cigarettes, beer) will probably statistically not only shorten my life, but also make end-of-life measures more expensive. I'll pay for that, for the privilege of indulging my bad habits.

They don't, tho. The 'smokers should pay' garbage is just a guilt trip. If you get lung cancer and die of it, you'll spend 6 months in a hospital dieing on pain meds around age 70. If you live to 98 with full blown Alzheimer's you'll need round the clock care, often costing as much as 7-8k a month until you finally pass. Plus, you paid more into the healthcare kitty with all your sin tax contributions from buying your cigarettes (I know you get your's from the Ukraine, but you get the idea).

Whether it's more expensive or not, it shouldn't matter. Should homosexual men pay more for insurance since their lifestyle puts them at higher risk for disease? Should blacks pay more for their higher incident rates for heart conditions? How about the obese? You eat more than two cheeseburgers a week and you better pay, fatty. What about scuba divers and their burden on emergency care?



Make it honestly universal or don't bother at all, sez I.