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I'm sorry but if we have governmentally guaranteed healthcare for children, I fear it would force the government to enact laws on what pregnant mothers could eat, drink, do... the parents would have to go to governmental approved parenting classes.... the parents would be dictated on how to raise the child and if they stray, the child could be taken.
I just fear we put too much power at the government's disposal over all this.
I have long said, we should have a sliding scale based on income type medical system.
The more power we give the government the fewer freedoms and personal choices we have.
I like to smoke and eat junk food. Other than my sarcoidosis (which is not a factor from either habit I have) I am in great shape and physical condition. Now, I know people who eat healthily and always have and they are dying from cancers, have bad hearts due to genetics or environment, etc. So, how can anyone tell me my lifestyle is more costly to the medical system than theirs?
Life is terminal, people will die, people will get sick, it happens to everyone, for us to turn over our choices to the government so "we can live healthier and thus medical care won't be so expensive" is bunk.
If the government states and makes into law that they cannot dictate to parents how to raise their children.... then I'm all for the healthcare, but I just don't see it happening. I see government passing laws right away dictating how to parent, who can parent and so on.
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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"
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