[estearum]

> We are idiots who will bear the consequences of our own idiocy

This is just factually not true. Healthy people subsidize the unhealthy (even those made unhealthy by their own idiocy) to a truly absurd degree.

[ericd]

Well, the biggest consequences aren't financial, they're losing your quality of life, or your life itself.

[SketchySeaBeast]

But the effects aren't just financial, look in an ER. People who for one reason or another haven't been able to take care of themselves in the emergency room for things that aren't an emergency, and it means your standard of care is going to take a hit.

[ericd]

Ah yeah, good point.

[estearum]

Sure?

[ericd]

So they do end up bearing most of the brunt of their own decisions. But you're also right, it's not entirely on them.