Do overweight people deserve healthcare from the province?

[geoffrey]

The government will screw all of us, no matter what.

Agreed. That's why I'd like to see private health care. Unfortunately that's not a possibility in the Tommy Douglas mindset (1960's thinking!) of the very ignorant voting population.

[Mad_Michael]

Public healthcare ought not to be denied to people on the basis of moral judgements about their behaviour.

If one were to do so, perhaps single out fat people or smokers (to use the best examples), then one ought also to disqualify those who drive cars (general pollution and dangerous accidents) and of course children who have a high tendency to injure themselves with reckless behaviour. Drinkers of alcohol or those who smoke pot, rock-climbers, parachutists and skiers should also be banned from public healthcare as all of these people, by their own choices, cause themselves to need healthcare. The list is endless.

Indeed, if one applies the rule consistently, no one in Canada ought to be covered by public healthcare.

So that's the choice with having a public healthcare program - no one, or everyone is covered. You can't just pick and choose which ones meet your moral standards and preclude those that don't.

[NovaScotian]

I am not sure about food, but with smoking I imagine the taxes more then make up for any healthcare costs associated with treating them.