When discussing public healthcare, the same issue seems to come about how much money is needed versus how much money is wasted? I have a difficult time believing that more money is needed for whatever cause, when there are so many reports of resources being spent on trivial endeavors or corrupt activities. The US government seems to be able to print and distribute millions-billions of $$$$ when they feels it fits the agenda.
I mentioned in other posts about the frivolous expenditures like those reported by Forbes such as taxpayers funding Hookers for Jesus ($530,190), space alien detection ($7 million), a social media war on tanning beds ($3.3 million), webcast-live streamed eclipses ($3.7 million), and subsidizing the airport on Martha’s Vineyard ($12 million). The Forbes article goes on to report that US governmental agencies receiving the highest amount of funding for 2017-2019 was the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) having received $1.5 trillion in grants. Again, I think the government should be held more accountable for these enormous amounts of money that is possibly being spent on inconsequential projects that do not help US citizens as a whole. Our government leaders waste so many resources on these types of projects that the truly important ones get no attention.
So who stands on the moral ground to decide who should receive free healthcare or even paid healthcare? Do drug addicts deserve free help and/or counseling? Does an alcoholic qualify for a liver replacement? Do we not treat the person who gets hit by a car because they weren’t looking or tripped into traffic? Do un-vaccinated, but insurance-paying people still receive coverage? Do football players injured during a game, get refused medical care because they knowingly accept that they may be injured?
As for anyone thinking that “someone ought to know better” is such an ignorant statement as many healthcare issues come about due to socioeconomic as well as psychological issues that often result in them making poor decisions. Our duty as informed citizens would be to support legislation that helps provide for those who cannot, not those who choose not to or will not provide for themselves. Many public health issues are global where eventually all people, animal and plant life and environments of the whole world are affected. Therefore, I feel it is somewhat shortsighted to think that what is happening in other parts of the world won’t eventually come knocking on our door. This is exactly what happened in the early days of COVID-19 being discovered in China, where we might have thought that it was their problem and not ours, until it was.
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