In the words of Johnny Winter "Every now and then, it's kinda hard to tell, but I'm still alive and well" Unfortunately, he isn't.
Yeah. This. I like the idea, if a little harsh, but then you would have set a precedence for applying it to other lifestyle choices also and that is a slippery slope.
Canada's health care doesn't cover everything anyway, and around 66% of Canadians have some form of private medical cover.
Ignoring the obvious, like obesity, smoking and drinking related ailments, and then there are traffic related injuries, which are usually related to carelessness, in 2012 the Telegraph reported that in the 12 months up until February of that year there were just over 388,500 sports injury cases attending A and E http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...ever-sees-spike-in-AandE-sports-injuries.html , but this obviously doesn't give the full picture, nor the financial impact.
It looks like it's actually just the province of Quebec, rather than all of Canada and it's not been implemented yet.
Why? What is the fundamental difference between billing healthcare costs to someone who chooses not to have a vaccine and billing an obese person for the plethora of healthcare-related costs caused by obesity in this country?
You prove that obesity has been caused solely by an individual with no other medical conditions included in the cause of the obesity & I’ll listen. It would cost more to prove it was 100% caused by an individual than to treat the original ailment. The chance of contracting serious symptoms from covid can be prevented by having a simple vaccine programme & in doing so protect NHS funds Also add that somebody’s obesity cannot be passed on, directly or indirectly, to 1000s of others causing a glut of NHS admissions & deaths.
People who’ve been vaccinated have been hospitalised. Yes, the unvaccinated account for far more hospitalisations than the vaccinated but it still happens. So where do you draw the line? Unvaccinated people should waive their right to access the NHS free at the point of use but obese people, smokers, alcoholics and drug addicts should? What about citizens vs non-citizens? Personally, I think the NHS should be free at the point of use for everyone in this country, including non-citizen residents. If you think people who make choices that contribute to their needing healthcare services should be billed, then it would be inconsistent to not apply that to people who eat too much and do too little exercise, people who smoke, people who drink or even people who break a bone playing sports in their spare time.
