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by pasbesoin 3234 days ago
Universal health care. Including dental.

The rest of people's lives, and their quality of life, is based on good health.

We may not all end up in the same place, nor even wanting the same things. But good health can help each person achieve their personal maximum.

And, if you don't believe human life is a zero sum game, as I don't, then that increases humanity's overall wealth -- cultural, not just material.

P.S. There is also the opportunity to leverage much greater advances. Putting money towards treatment instead of profit-taking including a significant amount of rent-seeking.

And I, for one, would be much more willing to share my medical data were I assured it would not be used against me, neither in denying me treatment nor in denying me work nor other participation in society. The types of research and advances such data mining might produce, could be both profound and readily at hand.