[Groxx]

When it causes millions of dollars of damage... Yeah. Sure. Why not? https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-average-ddos-attack-cost-f...

[mehrdadn]

You measure your health in dollars? I dare say you won't find much common ground with most people.

[Groxx]

You'll find it in tons of large-scale (e.g. governmental) decisions at the very least. "is it worth more to prevent X than to deal with the fallout" is a decision that has to be made at some point, and human life / injury are part of that equation.

So, in a way, yes. I do. So do lots of people when they go to urgent care rather than the ER, knowing that the ER could bankrupt them, and they'd rather risk the delay. I don't have numbers off the top of my head, but I don't think it's as uncommon as you seem to think it is.

[geggam]

Never seen the "meat chart" for folks injured in the US have you ?

You are priced per body part based on your income. Your health is most certainly defined in dollars.

[mehrdadn]

The most critical part of my point was the subject(s) performing the pricing, which you guys are somehow completely dodging here.

[SkyBelow]

Most people have wildly inconsistent treatment of health risks and are largely reactionary. Not sure they are a good basis for determining what is ethical/moral actions.

[SmellyGeekBoy]

What if you work in a job where you're paid by the hour and need to take time off due to illness?

I daresay that this situation even applies to "most people", or at least a very sizeable proportion of the global workforce.