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Originally Posted by Halk
Well, I couldn't be more against tattoo removal or some other cosmetic things.
Some forms of cosmetic surgery should of course be included, but tattoos are self inflicted. If the state starts paying for tattoo removal, then won't that just encourage people to get that stupid tattoo they are thinking about, because they can always get it lasered off afterwards?
As well as that, there's better things they could be spending my money on. Or better yet simply spending less of our money. The UK government already spends a huge proportion of my income.
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We may be stretching it a little with tattoo removal, but the logic you're using would have us cherry-pick treatment because of how the patient acted, or bad decisions they might have made in their life. What about disturbed youngsters who self-harm, do they get no treatment because
they knew it was harmful? How about smokers? People who eat too much? Drug-addicts?
Our system might not be perfect, but I can sleep safe tonight knowing I and my family can get treatment without having to worry that we'll go bankrupt in the aftermath. It's just not civilised to charge for medical care in the year 2009. To me, the American system is downright barbarous.