That involves things caused by their smoking, like Emphysema, COPD, or Cancer, due to their bad lifestyle choice?
2007-09-30 15:52:23 · 21 answers · asked by Darth Nihilus 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I don't mean all things, like surgery or medicine, however.
2007-09-30 15:52:53 · update #1
And within that line of thinking ban all individuals with a propensity to develop diseases that are attributed to familial genetic causes...diabetes, cancers (breast, colon, etc), melanoma, conditions secondary to familial hyperlipidemia, racially connected diseases such as sickle cell anemia...shall I continue?...
Provide health care only to those deemed by the powers that be to have perfect physiological traits and behavior patterns...
Sounds a bit Aryan to me...
2007-09-30 16:09:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Can't be done. You'd have to also ban people who had health problems because they are overweight, those who drink too much, those who never exercise so their overall health is affected by a sedentary lifestyle, those who get hurt by living a risk taker's life - playing football, racing cars, skiing, etc. The list goes on and on. How many people do you know who live a perfectly healthy lifestyle and haven't contributed, by some of their actions or inactions over their life, to the health problems they have now? Cigarettes may be a bad lifestyle choice, but so are a hundred other things. Who's going to draw the line and where will it be drawn?
2007-09-30 23:05:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you ban smokers, shouldn't that include people that smoke marijuana? What about drinkers, they drive drink and cause major damage to their livers, stomach and the lives of others. What about other drug users they are destroying their bodies as well. Aren't these lifestyles just as bad?
How long does it take you to get cancer by being around second hand smoke? How long does it take to kill you when you get hit by a drunk driver.
Did you know that you are more likely to suffer physical damage from a drinker than a smoker, I am referring to a drunk getting mad and then starting a fight with you.
So to your question, No I don't think that smokers should be banned from health care.
2007-09-30 23:03:58 · answer #3 · answered by justgetitright 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
And for what reason would you ban someone for making poor lifestyle choice like living in a big city and breathing all the exhaust and smog??
2007-09-30 23:59:27 · answer #4 · answered by avail_skillz 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No!!! I am one of the many that have that BAD HABIT!!! Darth. I can understand where your coming from. I counter attack with; Should the VETERANS be banned from Health care because we had a hand in a War that they fought for our country? I take your question seriously.
Bulldog
2007-10-01 01:36:38 · answer #5 · answered by BULLDOG 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not. this has turned into a huge issue especially amongst employers with rising health care costs. employers started docking pay from them and now also obese employees. truth is that if they really want to do this it should be done full scale. it should be monitor how much employees drink or dock pay for cancer patients or for people with high cholesterol ect. it does sound ridiculous doesn't it? well thats my point.
2007-09-30 23:07:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. Then ban anyone who drinks alcohol from treatment of any illness, disease, or injury that can be connected to alcohol. Same with drug use. Same with risk-taking behaviors, such as extreme sports, skydiving, mountain climbing, etc. Same with being overweight. Same with those who get in accidents for which they're found to be at fault. Y'know, I bet we could use "bad choices" to ban all sorts of people from all sorts of things -- just think of the money we'd save.
2007-09-30 23:02:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
No because - to be fair - you would then have to ban people with all those other "self-inflicted illnesses" like heavy drinkers, overweight people, bulimics, anorexics, those who have unprotected sex, self-harmers, fast drivers, drug users, sunbed users, people who participate in dangerous sports, lazy people who do no exercise at all... the list goes on. They couldn't do it because soon the hospitals would be empty. And they really need all those patients to keep their "healthcare business" going. :-)
2007-09-30 23:17:41 · answer #8 · answered by Butterscotch 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Doctors, Nurses and anyone who cares should encourage smokers to quit by offering help and advice. I don't think they should be barred from healthcare, not if they are already paying for it. They shouldn't be barred period.
2007-09-30 23:13:08 · answer #9 · answered by St. Bastard 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No.
Ban all people who sell tobacco products from healthcare.
Should you be banned from healthcare if you make a bad lifestyle choice by jaywalking and getting hit by a car?
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2007-09-30 22:58:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 1⤋