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How does that workAny antivaxxer who gets ill from covid should be treated, but they should have to pay out of pocket for the treatment.
How does that workAny antivaxxer who gets ill from covid should be treated, but they should have to pay out of pocket for the treatment.
It wouldn't in the U K, but since there's no universal healthcare in the U S if you don't have health insurance you pay out of pocket. Some insurance providers are charging way higher monthly premiums to non vaccinated people. The next step is not covering treatment.How does that work
Narrow-mindedly, I was only checking the US deaths for TB which are around 500, more or less, per year.Well last year it was 1.5 million
Is that going to apply to smokers with lung cancer?Any antivaxxer who gets ill from covid should be treated, but they should have to pay out of pocket for the treatment.
Or the very obese, etc.Is that going to apply to smokers with lung cancer?
Is that going to apply to smokers with lung cancer?
If lung cancer (or obesity) was as contagious as covid. Otherwise it's not really a fair comparison.Is that going to apply to smokers with lung cancer?
I was under the impression that @MrRook was talking about the US health system, not the UK's?
Ours is no picnic.
Hop it said -
The British way has in recent times tended strongly towards achieving a consensus by persuasion rather than by force. Nobody likes being told what to do, even if/when they are either misguided or wrong. I sincerely hope that the dissenters in this country can be persuaded to get themselves and their families vaccinated at the earliest opportunity.
Denying these people treatment in our society is inhumane (even if they have been stupid).
Mr Rock said -
Any antivaxxer who gets ill from covid should be treated, but they should have to pay out of pocket for the treatment.
I could be wrong but he said:
I could be wrong but he said:
"My bad, I didn't take into account that difference." after having the difference pointed out.
You cannot make exceptions the NHS is free you cannot charge people because you believe people with one health issue are less deserving than another.
Got it.I didn't look that far down so it looks like he was not talking about the NHS.
As i said earlier in the thread in the UK people have said smokers and obese people should have to pay for treatment as its self induced my post below still stands
Let's take that a little further and refuse treatment to everyone who causes themselves harm, despite the fact that they have paid into the system.Any antivaxxer who gets ill from covid should be treated, but they should have to pay out of pocket for the treatment.
Certainly smokers pay excise duty and a study my ex-chief executive came across suggested because of the quick 'short' death (from lung cancer) that by smoking they were giving up their lives to help fund the nhs. Sugar tax is 'supposed' to contribute towards reducing obesity and of course minimum alcohol pricing in scotland and wales ( , so it could be argued that for many bad 'lifestyle' choices there is an additional contribution being paid.
If they introduce a 'fat' tax for foods with a high fat content that would be most bases covered?
Peripherally, if a rider checks all the boxes (training, safety, more training, licensed, bike care, common sense), riding is safe.yet I could argue I earn more than the average wage, not a boast but does that then give me more right to do some "risky" activities as I pay more than the average citizen?
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