why we cant just take care of the sickly and reward the healthy O.o

reward/penalize implies choice. Nobody chooses to be sickly (ok, there are people who are hypochondriacs, but that is itself an illness)

people seem to think *F@ck the greater good...until I need something, then it should be free & I should have been given it in the 1st place*

I'm not taking any side in the debate, frankly - the efforts on all sides to gain power by manipulating people's lives makes me sick.

but stupid greedy selfish people blowing that kind of opinion make me sicker.

agreed

Not every one is stupid and greedy....

thank goodness for that, Hilda. *hugs you*

this sort of idea comes from those with a patrician attitude that suggests anyone being "given" something at the "expense" of others sponges

when in fact, lack of basic health care hurts society by not providing people with the means to get well. Oh hell, I'm going to blog!