# Health Care costs, Wellness, and the Nanny State

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-care-costs-wellness-and-the-nanny-state/599860>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 16, 2011, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-care-costs-wellness-and-the-nanny-state/599860 "2011-10-16T23:47:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 21

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-care-costs-wellness-and-the-nanny-state/599860/21 "2011-10-17T22:34:59Z")

</div>

> [@Bricker](#):
>
> The question isn’t how easily you can avoid the reach of an unwelcome rule. The question is the role the rulemaker has in your life.
> 
> Your and your company are both private actors. Your company has only the power you grant it in a contractual relationship.  
> .

In another thread you said:

> [@Dispelling US Health Care Myths: Part 1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dispelling-us-health-care-myths-part-1/525997/246):
>
> It is acceptable for people to die because they can’t afford the proper treatment.

Clearly your analysis lacks compassion, to say the least.

---

_[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-care-costs-wellness-and-the-nanny-state/599860)._