Unvaccinated Quebecers will have to pay a health tax

Re:Unvaccinated Quebecers will have to pay a health tax by Amezarak on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @04:42PM (#29898418)

I don’t understand this argument. Obesity is one of the leading causes of death in the US and one of the biggest comorbidities even with Covid, for example. It’s entirely preventable in nearly all cases. Should we tax obese people more? What about old people who use up the majority of resources? Parents who knowingly give birth to children likely to have genetic diseases?

Do you really, really want to start taxing people and dictating behavior based on their medical expense?

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Re:Unvaccinated Quebecers will have to pay a health tax by monkeybutton on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @05:42PM (#29899367)

Rather than directly taxing obesity, countries are starting to target its causes with taxes: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugary_drink_tax

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Re:Unvaccinated Quebecers will have to pay a health tax by nomorecommas on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @04:57PM (#29898648)

> Do you really, really want to start taxing people and dictating behavior based on their medical expense?

That's the cost of a public health system. The public health system becomes the dictator.

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Re:Unvaccinated Quebecers will have to pay a health tax by raxxorrax on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @03:10AM (#29903697)

Only if you have leadership the uses it as leverage for behavior. Like everyone that puts forward suggestion like this does. You have to vote such people out of office... but I understand the reluctance towards public healthcare more.

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