Comment by subjectsigma
6 hours ago
Natural consequence of socialized medicine. If I’m paying for your healthcare then I (and by extension the state) get a say in basically every aspect of your life.
Time to ban alcohol, marijuana, Tylenol, fatty foods, sugar, candles, campfires, fireworks, food coloring, bicycles, playgrounds, cars, cell phones, and anything else that might be harmful
Tylenol is much less dangerous than, say, Advil. It’s only issue is one of overdose which is common to all drugs.
I think you might be missing the point I was trying to make
In the UK tobacco is heavily taxed and those taxes bring in more money than the cost on the healthcare service.
You can not put a price on human suffering.
Interesting - do you have a link about the financial accounting around this?
> Natural consequence of socialized medicine.
improved health outcomes?
Enjoy setting up a GoFundMe if you ever get cancer.
Let us look at the cancer survival rates in the US vs countries with socialized medicine. I know for a fact when the business elite of my Euro country gets cancer they fly to NY. They don't pay taxes either tho so I guess it works for them.
The other natural consequence of socialized medicine is rationing. In Canada the waiting time for treatment is often months or years[1]. That GoFundMe might give you a higher survival rate.
[1] https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/more-than-23000-canadi...
Wait until you see how many people die from waiting for medical care they care afford in the US!
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