01-14-2022, 10:49 AM
Some people are already suggesting the tax isn't very logical (although it is, seemingly, legal):
The legality isn't even the thing, it's a question of medical ethics. But as the article points out, it has already demonstrated that there are still hold-outs that are now suddenly booking appointments, which is a good thing. We saw that happen in Ontario when the government announced plans for a vaccine passport system and when employers began to mandate vaccines in workplaces.
Quote:McGill University biomedical ethicist Phoebe Friesen was concerned the logic of taxing unvaccinated people could be extrapolated to other behaviors seen as driving health spending – obesity, for example – but that are tied to marginalization.
"If you want to be consistent and logical, you should charge all sorts of people for their hospitalization if it's based on behavior that they're 'responsible' for," she said "... And it's incredibly tricky to figure out what that looks like."
The legality isn't even the thing, it's a question of medical ethics. But as the article points out, it has already demonstrated that there are still hold-outs that are now suddenly booking appointments, which is a good thing. We saw that happen in Ontario when the government announced plans for a vaccine passport system and when employers began to mandate vaccines in workplaces.