There is an old adage "That as long as you have your health, you are blessed", but do we actually make it a main priority in our lives? Many folks have asked me, if there would be a simple way to assure that health care be universal, without it being an unfair burden for the legitimate taxpaying citizens of the country, but by the same measure guarantee that the residing population maintain preventive health care accessible to reduce the cost and number of emergency cases and lower the catastrophic risk of pandemics occurring and spreading out of control?
The answer is a definite, yes there is! If the cost of universal health care was directly funded by sales taxes, there would be universal health care without the need of greedy middlemen like insurance companies causing more red tape and added expense to the overall cost and accessibility of health care. There would actually be enough funding for dental care, vision care, as well as mental health care, since with the amount of purchases made by foreign tourists that could also be made taxable, there would be a good cushion to insure universal health care and even funding left over for medical research and preventive health and hygiene counseling for the population.
It is quite simple. Every person that purchases anything pays a sale tax. All people who are inhabiting a region for whatever time they are residing there pay sales tax. Property, estate, and income taxes could be allocated towards the rest of the less urgent costs of food, shelter, education, transportation, and public maintenance, which although important, do not present a health security risk for the population at large, such as the threat of a pandemic spreading out of control. Additionally the population would be much healthier and productive. Please keep this in mind when you speak with your legislators and ask them why we can't make this simple change in the system to benefit everyone.
