While I agree a large percentage of PEC's are self inflicted, something needs to be done. For example, my son was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at age 13. Nothing he did wrong, his pancreas just stopped working. What is someone like he supposed to do if he lost his job or whatever? Should he have to stay in a crappy job to not lose insurance? Or should he give up the dream of entrepreneurship because he cant afford his own health care? He misses his meds and in a few days, he's dead. And insulin, test strips, needles, etc arent cheap unfortunately! . Just dont know the right answer either. There is some happy medium between not making the lazy lazier, and helping out those who through no fault of their own, are what they are.
My “complaint” about the self inflicted PECs was really just to note in passing that the price we pay to provide for the truly innocent has an unfortunate tax we are also obligated to pay.
But I'm willing to pay it and I'm no fan of Universal Taxpayer Supported Healthcare. I am dead set against it and believe that government needs to just get out of the way for the rest of us.