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And I agree that eating right and exercising is part of an individual’s responsibility to lower healthcare costs. But how will that help you if you get T-boned by an uninsured drunk driver? Or some machinery at your job blows up and shoots shrapnel through your eye socket? Is healthcare still a luxury then? Or does it then become a right?[/quote]
How often does people get into accidents vs how many people are obese and getting various other medical issues because of obesity? If you eat right and exercise to stay in good shape, you should be able to buy health insurance cheaply. If you can do that, then you’d be covered if some accident does occur. It is still a luxury and it’s up to the individual to get involved in keeping themselves healthy and out of the hospital as much as possible.
Also, regarding government being in the red, it’s the citizen’s money, so it should be spent on the citizen. I’m sure they (the government) can spend w/in their mean if you force them to.
