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Originally Posted by woj
what does that have to do with anything? do you think a person should be responsible for consequences of his choices/actions or not?
like Matt 26z pointed out, who should pay for "a dumbass rides his skateboard off a 20 foot drop and breaks his ankle (resulting in $10k in medical bills)"? the person doing the stupid action, or those that didn't participate in the stupid action?
what if he doesn't break his ankle, but instead causes $10k in property damage? who should pay in that case, the person doing the stupid action, or those that didn't participate in the stupid action?
is there any difference between the 2 scenarios? both result in $10k loss to society, should they be treated differently? if so, why?
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yes there is a very big difference because health is a right from everyone and nobody can prevent illness or chose how expensive his desease can be.
if you have a house insurance and your house burns down they pay you from the money from this people who have been lucky and donīt have a fire.
same as the roads you are driving on are paid also from people who do not even have a car (but they benefit from the road in another way) you benefit from healthy people around you or have to take care the bodies when they die in front of your garden (because that this are picked up, the society pays for)
that you did not have a working health insurance system for centuries proves that this system is wrong and US is one of the few countries in the world (except some 3rd world countries) where people are stupid enough to complain it.
you would have much more rights to complain spendings (what YOU HAVE TO PAY) what are really not nessecary and what are not in favour of the society. but health is not one of this things.
if you are right you should also not get into a hospital when you are sick because YOU WILL NEVER PAY IT IN YOUR LIFE !!!! if i see it same you, I would say you pay for healthcare but not for a building.
imagin if all this advantages of a society - paid from every individual - no matter if he use it or not are from now on an INVIIDUAL problem, I doubt that you would survive only a fucking day.