Reply #18: You're talking about something completely different

[BattyDem]

The OP was talking about restricting health care coverage based on how people choose to live their lives ... and that's wrong. I don't support any restrictions on care based on a person's lifestyle. If we demonize certain groups of people, the entire program is doomed because it will become a question of who "deserves" health care and who doesn't.

You're rebuttal addresses issues of quality, timing, financing and necessity, which I never even mentioned in my post. Of course, those things have to be worked out, but the rules have to apply to everyone equally. I never said the system shouldn't have any rules at all - I said there shouldn't be any restrictions on RECEIVING health care based on a person's decisions or behavior because the potential for discrimination is great. That was the OP's poll question: "Who should be restricted from receiving government paid for healthcare?" There was no mention of the way the plan would be implemented or financed - it was strictly about who should not get coverage because of the choices they made.