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GGG · 03-26-2019, 05:01 PM

I’m a big fan of a sugar tax. I think we are small enough that companies won’t alter recipes to get around the tax so any sugar not naturally found in the product could be taxed. A sodium tax could also be a good idea. In my opinion the purpose of this tax is for people to pay for the externalities of their decisions rather than to dissuade behaviour.

For the health care fee I think you would need to see how the distribution of doctor visits occurs to see if their is a real problem. Alcoholics and Drug addicts tying up emergency room space isn’t solved by this type of fee.

From my trips to minor emergency I haven’t really seen anything too egregious.

So before implementing a visit fee I would need to see what the problem is trying to solve. The risk is that you defer anyone’s yearly visit to their family doctor becuase if anyone delays being diagnosed with Cancer or diabetes the costs likely dwarf the savings.

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GGG Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: California Exp:	I’m a big fan of a sugar tax. I think we are small enough that companies won’t alter recipes to get around the tax so any sugar not naturally found in the product could be taxed. A sodium tax could also be a good idea. In my opinion the purpose of this tax is for people to pay for the externalities of their decisions rather than to dissuade behaviour. For the health care fee I think you would need to see how the distribution of doctor visits occurs to see if their is a real problem. Alcoholics and Drug addicts tying up emergency room space isn’t solved by this type of fee. From my trips to minor emergency I haven’t really seen anything too egregious. So before implementing a visit fee I would need to see what the problem is trying to solve. The risk is that you defer anyone’s yearly visit to their family doctor becuase if anyone delays being diagnosed with Cancer or diabetes the costs likely dwarf the savings.