red meat

In other news, the British media keeps pushing the idea that they need to ban, or increase considerably in cost, the price of alcohol. Apparently now that cigarettes have been demonized they are spreading out to other commodities, like they have also been doing with red meat.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8118475.stm

I don’t want a society where prices are kept artificially high to discourage my usage or controlled “for my own good.” Especially on items that care ubiquitous in everyday life, and ones that can even be beneficial in moderation. That makes us a nanny state; I think that is a horrible idea. I saw demolition man.

Also, I don’t think cigarettes should be taxed as heavily as they are, but I do think it should be legal to shoot smokers who are standing next to a no smoking sign.

Did you hear that the local hospitals are removing the smoking zones and going smoke free? Some people are angry, but as a private entity I don’t see why people think they have a right to smoke on the property. I can’t go stand outside and drink why can you go outside and smoke?

Everyone dies. The only argument that can really be made is how many resources (i.e. hospital beds) they use to keep them alive. If you don’t have socialized medical that’s really the individuals problem.

My understanding is that hospitals can legally reject someone who’s dying. If you are bleeding to death they can’t refuse to treat you, but they can kick you out the door after they put the bandages on. I could be wrong and it varies by state, but that’s different than keeping a chronically ill person in a hospital bed.

And no, forcing coverage of high risk people will not cut costs. Although I do find the practice if rescinding coverage on costly people for minute or irrelevant medical disclosures worrisome.

Most people will never need a heart bypass, kidney remove… Sacrifice the few to save the many. Also, if we went public healthcare tomorrow we literally do not have the doctors to handle it. I have seen estimate of needing 100,000 or more additional doctors alone (not including staff). That and the generous average salaries in the 300-400k a year for most specialists and we are just throwing money at the problem. You need to rework healthcare, Medicare especially, not just throw up an insurance umbrella.