GwynapNud the Irrelevant wrote:
George Best is quite simply a great example of my point that health is directly related to personal responsibility (or in his case blatent irresponsibility). You can argue that it is the fault of the state or "someone else", but in reality it all starts with individuals who all pressurise and create change in unison. Society is nothing but a collection of individuals afterall. If the individuals have no sense of responsibility, neither will the society that results.
Taxing him more based on his life choices wouldn't be the answer. The correct answer would be to fix the bureaucracy that allowed a unworthy candidate such as him to recieve a replacement organ.
He pays 2% more in his healthcare taxes, and little Jimmy still dies because he was bumped on the transplant list. I don't think anything would be fixed by that scenario. If he wants to ruin his life, put him on the bottom of the list for repairs, and keep him there.