Also, it's illegal to tip your police officer

If you want me to phrase it a different way then here: medical care should be an affordable human right. And look, I really don't understand why all these people are saying 'it's doomed to fail, failure will be the outcome'. There are bad people in every. single. country. Now, there are a lot of health care systems that apply nation-wide tax that then funds the medical system. In Australia, it has been found that our medical system is unsustainable, but does that mean they tell the health sector to go nuts and charge whatever the hell they like, running thousands of people into thousands of debt? No. We now pay an extra $7 a visit to the doctor, with a cap of $70/year. There are 'bad people' in Australia, but hey, at least they're healthy because the system works, just like it'd work in America.

Let me ask you this: should affordable healthcare have been a human right 100 years ago also? 200.....or 300 years ago?

What if I smoke a pack of cigarettes per day, drink to the point of being drunk every day and eat nothing but fast food burgers for every meal. And what if the only exercise I get is walking to the frige and back. What if these bad practices (of which i am 100% in control of) cause liver, heart and lung failure and consequently $1,000,000 in health care expenses over a 5 year period. Do I, as a human being, have a right to spread that expense on to all of my neighbors who live healthy lives?

Dont misunderstand me. I think it would be great if everyone could get excellent healthcare at a minimal cost. The fact is that someone has to pay for it! And if the people making bad life decisions dont have any skin in the game there is zero reason for them to change thede lifestyle.

Okay there are two issues I would like to bring up. In other countries, there is absolutely no flipping way you're going to wrack a up a bill of $1,000,000 over 5 years, because the treatment and medicines are just not that expensive. This is because the health care industry is not treated like a free market (same problem is seen with America's college system). Secondly, every citizen pays a levy each year, which is what pays for a heck of a lot of infrastructure and treatment. Then, if you find yourself going to the doctor or buying medication over the counter, you do have to pay some, but most will be subsidised, which means that you're paying the bulk but it's just not that expensive. That's why it works! Sure there are people who are overweight or people with sport injuries that could have prevented the cost, but most of the time it's people who just can't help being sick, and who need the extra help.

Jillaroo is always preaching some sort of social justice billshit. Best to ignore.

Hey, I make jokes every now and then too ;) But anyway, I'm not sure why 'preaching social justice' is a bad thing...