[dsabanin]

In a society where government is not participating in helping people with their health care, what moral right does it have to make "unhealthy" things illegal?

[estearum]

The government does help (to the tune of trillions of dollars per year) with their health care.

[Whoppertime]

Medicare and Medicaid represent the largest segments of U.S. federal health spending, consuming over a trillion dollars each. Medicare accounts for 21% of national healthcare expenditures. Medicaid constitutes $1 of every $5 spent on healthcare. The US government is helping the poor and the old with their healthcare