[sphinx]

The historical limit on prostitution was effective. Civil War prostitutes have been studied; their life expectancy was about five years. I suppose the figure has been similar throughout history. It would be so again if we simply abolished all forms of socialized medicine, including Medicaid. Let prostitutes and their clients pay their own medical expenses. It would be ugly for a few years, but the contagion would be sharply limited.

The same remedy would work for our modern epidemic of STDs, including AIDS. Let the people who can't keep their pants zipped up pay their own medical bills. The mortality rate would spike for a short period, but on the plus side, there would be a lot of new job openings in quite a few fields.

[fwdude]

I like your approach. Slightly Darwinian, so the left would have to like it.

[southern rock]

Let the people who can't keep their pants zipped up pay their own medical bills.

You could take this line of thought to any activity that someone finds unhealthy. How about let the people who eat meat pay their own medical bills! Still think it’s a nifty idea?