> This never seems to be a talking point. Have the statisticians controlled for all this when they come to these conclusions??
I never see this as a talking point of folks who are in favor of universal / state-funded healthcare, but it is often a talking point for those who are opposed. They point to the links between state-funded healthcare and the soda tax in the UK as an example of how allowing the government to control your healthcare results in more aggressive and manipulative social policy to control health outcomes societally. Many people opposed to state-funded healthcare feel rather strongly that you should be able to do pretty much whatever you like with your body as long as you're paying for it yourself. I consider this take to be missing quite a lot, but it does seem to be a common one. I am personally in favor of universal single-payer healthcare systems, so I've had this conversation a lot due to my surroundings and have heard just such this argument many times.
I never see this as a talking point of folks who are in favor of universal / state-funded healthcare, but it is often a talking point for those who are opposed. They point to the links between state-funded healthcare and the soda tax in the UK as an example of how allowing the government to control your healthcare results in more aggressive and manipulative social policy to control health outcomes societally. Many people opposed to state-funded healthcare feel rather strongly that you should be able to do pretty much whatever you like with your body as long as you're paying for it yourself. I consider this take to be missing quite a lot, but it does seem to be a common one. I am personally in favor of universal single-payer healthcare systems, so I've had this conversation a lot due to my surroundings and have heard just such this argument many times.