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Originally Posted by SebC
Green text isn't needed because you're not far off the mark. We spend a ton of money extending people's lives by six months. We should be focusing on letting them die with dignity instead, and put the money we'd save into a better quality of life.
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That is a great discussion to be had about how much money to spend extending life vs. improving quality of life. However, in the thread debating whether or not people should pay their fair share for the service they receive I don't think you will ever see a movement to make seniors pay more for health care in Canada. Not until I can pay more to get a family doctor that I like. In the same vein, I can't ever see a situation where people are charged more taxes for being overweight, smoking, sedentary, substance abuser, risk taker, high stress, chronic complainer, etc. There are simply too many things that could cause a spike in costs.
As long as we have a public system this will be the trade off.