Re: Democratic Candidates
Playing on an argument, for clarity sake. Please explain:
I don’t mind paying extra for the benefit we will all utilize. I pay taxes now, and I see they’re used to maintain roadways, salt the streets during snowstorms, maintain other human services, etc. It’s all fine. But, what if I don’t want to get tagged with taxes for my next door neighbor who is a habitual drinker (leading to kidney failure), chain smoker (leading to various diseases), loves his/her big macs (obesity), and these are all things he/she can control. So, because of his/her poor voluntary choices, I should pay a part of their treatments that could otherwise have been averted if he/she practiced moderate health to begin with?
You understand what I mean? Where is the safety net to insure that if I pay into the combined pool, yet withdraw little or no benefit, I should be reimbursed to compensate me, or to reward me for maintaining a healthier lifestyle. Wouldn’t that be a better incentive? And maybe this is something that has been mentioned as being a part of the broader policy, I do not know, and please excuse me for my ignorance.