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November 14, 2007
My brother's nanny?
In his The Pulse article of November 13th, Are We Our Brothers' Piercings' Keepers? Anders Sandberg explains how mandatory health insurance systems give an incentive of worrying about our neighbour's health - if he is doing something to risk it, you are going to have to pay a small part of the cost.
Politicians and other authorities get strong incentives to be paternalistic and keep people not just healthy, but also from doing anything dangerous or unhealthy. As the healthcare costs grow, expect not just smoking, alcohol and obesity to end up in the sights, but also generally risky behavior.
Posted by Waldemar at November 14, 2007 11:35 AM