Which do you think would be best for Healthcare in the US?
Having to pay for health insurance to ensure treatment or having a system like the UK where you pay National Insurance weekly from your wages to pay towards it?
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Subsumedpat · 36-40, M
If we are to pay weekly from wages so that everyone will have healthcare then I want control over other peoples lifestyle as it effects their health and thus how much I have to pay to support their healthcare. For example if I am paying for your health care you are not smoking or eating a diet which will lead to type 2 diabetes.
patkaren1717 · 36-40, M
Subsumedpat · 36-40, M
@patkaren1717: There is no reason for it not to happen, take for example many states in the US drug test for welfare recipients , the thought is if you have money to waste on illegal drugs then you don't need welfare, if you need welfare you can't afford to spend money on drugs. Because as you say it will never happen, neither will socialized medicine. We enable failure when we say that's ok we will pay.