The striking part of your sentence is the exact argument against nationalized healthcare. That is, why are healthy people forced to pay higher rates so that people who don’t take care of their bodies, who are overweight, smoke, don’t exercise, don’t get vaccines, can receive the same coverage at the same price? Heart disease is the number one killer, far exceeding COVID deaths and Unless the country is willing to enact forced exercise, I don’t see why they would enact forced vaccine mandates.
I don't drive on roads on the other side of the country in which I live, but my taxes still go to building them and maintaining them.
This is what it means to live in a country - you pay to raise the overall quality of life for your fellow citizens, which has an uplift effect on you as well.
I've lived in the US and couldn't believe how ghastly, confusing, expensive and irritating the alternative to nationalised healthcare is. Very happy to be back in Australia, and I will cheerfully continue to pay taxes for the benefit of my fellow citizens.
