Health

Is it right to refuse medical help to someone who refuses to help themselves?

For

Personal responsibility should matter.

Against

Healthcare should help everyone without judging.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • A higher co-payment for people who are very overweight would also make sense, as they incur the highest costs with their secondary illnesses.
    RedditTranslated from German
  • I will not try harder than a patient though who is resistant or shows no motivation to seek help/get better.
    RedditOriginal language: English

Against

  • The same could be said about antihypertensive drugs, but patients still deserve medical help
    RedditTranslated from German
  • As medical professionals it is not our job nor our place to pass judgement on people.
    RedditOriginal language: English
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