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LeftishBrit

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Fri Nov-06-09 08:01 AM
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6. And so are dangerous sports, overeating, working in a dangerous job, all kinds of things...

Just going into a public place during flu season, etc. Where does it end?

Health providers should go *only* on the basis of need and medical prognosis, not evaluating other people's decisions and whether they 'deserve' care. Contrary to the stories spread by right-wing media, this is in fact the case in countries like mine with 'socialized medicine'.

I think that people should stop, or never start, smoking (I have never smoked); but I'm not going to begrudge them the use of the NHS if they did start smoking and failed to break the addiction.

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