Healthcare VS Health

There seems to be this misconception about what healthcare is for in this country. Healthcare is quite meaningless if one is not living healthy. In fact, it might even serve as a license to kill (one’s self) in the wrong hands. I refuse to believe that if everyone were afforded the opportunity to be covered medically that in turn there would be a drastic change in lifestyle in the average American’s life. In a country where bacon can virtually be ordered in/on/with ANYTHING, a sandwich can contain absolutely no bread but instead two deep fried chicken breasts, a burger can be served on a donut instead of a bun, cigarettes keep raising in price yet there is no drastic decline in the populace that smokes, over a third of the country is obese, organic foods are a fad or trend and not a way of life, etc… Seriously, do I need to give more examples o f unhealthy living? Not to say one has to be as fit as an MMA fighter or any type of pro athlete, but since when is abusing your body and proclaiming you need healthcare something someone of sound mind, body, and soul rational? It bothers me that things like this have to be said and meet opposition when presented to the very people who claim they need healthcare. In what situation is someone deserving of a service when they blatantly put themselves in a predicament where they show no restraint when it pertains to what that service is for? If you lose a limb in an accident then you shouldn’t have to pay to see a doctor. If you lose that limb due to diabetes, you should not only have to pay you should be last to be seen. It seems like the masses won’t learn until they’re put into that situation. Instead of disagreeing with what I think about health and healthcare, go live healthy and shut people like myself (the hell) up.