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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP-I don’t mind paying for healthcare. The problem is that even paying for it does not translate into getting good coverage.  If people pay for the privilege, shouldn’t they actually get access to the care they need? Without going into debt? [/quote]

I [b]do mind[/b] paying for it through my taxes, at least to a point.  Someone who abuses their body with junk food, cigarettes, drugs, alcohol, etc... should have to shoulder more of the costs of their poor life choices.  Those poor life choices affect the cost of healthcare for everyone.  Preventative care (i.e., avoiding voluntary-incurred health problems) is the least expensive for a society that provides publicly-funded healthcare.

Many healthcare plans offer wellness incentives (including ACA plans), but they aren't enough to dissuade poor life choices (as they require people have health insurance in the first place).[/quote]

So how about we stop subsidizing the manufacturing, distribution, and advertising of poison food?[/quote]

RFK, Jr. seems to be helping on this point.

But do you agree that poor life choices are part of the problem?  People are free to make them, but society shouldn't obligated to pay for them.[/quote]

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