> Seems to me that everyone would then say: "well, let's not be healthy, let's not eat well, since the government will pay for all our surgeries and medicine..."
The government might pay for your health care, but they can't reincarnate you if you die. So there's still a reasonable incentive to stay fit.
There's some UK TV show where the government (I think) is paying for fat people to get stomach staples. Preventative medicine can save money in the long run, and public health systems are often more willing to do it (since the guys in charge care about the next election, and not just the next quarter).
The government might pay for your health care, but they can't reincarnate you if you die. So there's still a reasonable incentive to stay fit.
There's some UK TV show where the government (I think) is paying for fat people to get stomach staples. Preventative medicine can save money in the long run, and public health systems are often more willing to do it (since the guys in charge care about the next election, and not just the next quarter).