This isn’t about targeting people for punishment, it’s about financial burdens that the country cannot afford. The government represents everyone, not just some.
People deserve healthcare and these people will need less healthcare down the line as obesity has a number of comorbidities. Them being sick will potentially reduce their productivity or keep them out of the workforce entirely. No, this is entirely about who deserves to live or not since people not on these programs could potentially afford live saving medicine on their own.
If people "deserve" healthcare, then why do we all have to pay for it? Why are doctors, pharmaceutical companies, and hospitals allowed to charge exorbitant prices for services that are essential to save lives? As much as it saddens me to say it, healthcare is not a right. This truth is hard to swallow, and it certainly causes some to feel disappointment and frustration. If you want to be mad at someone, channel your anger at the people setting the prices so high that they would bankrupt our country to be added to the Medicare Drug Schedule. Their greed is the problem, nothing else, especially since the exact same medicine is offered in Europe for a fraction of what they charge in the United States.
I don’t know how to convince you to care about the welfare of other people regardless of how useful or productive you think they are. I hope you’re never in a situation beyond your control.
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u/laura031619 2d ago
This isn’t about targeting people for punishment, it’s about financial burdens that the country cannot afford. The government represents everyone, not just some.