Discussion#6: Medical Bill Free

On 12th November, we had a discussion about medical bill free. If we don't have to pay for medical bill, the government need to burden all the medical cost. So, we talked about how to get the money. The best way to get money is to raise the tax. And then, what kinds of taxes should we raise?
The moderator is Mikako.
Ume (Nanase) is 70 years old and she lives with her husband.Both of them have chronics and they go hospital once a week. They are living by the money from pension. Therefore, their lives are hard and their lives will be harder if the government raise tax even though they can take medical for free.
Tomozo (Chinatsu) is neutral position. He is a smoker and he doesn't want the government to raise cigar and alchole taxes, and he is for raising the comsumption tax.
Kyoko (Aya) is rich and she doesn't care to pay for medical care bill. However, she disagree with raising income tax. She is paying 40% for income tax now.
Miyu (Mami) has 2 children. She rarely go to hospital and maybe thinks that she doesn't need this system. She disagree with raising tax anyway.

Unfortunately, most of us went a wrong way...
We had to talk about what kinds of taxes wee should raise. However, we talked about who can take medical care for free.

First, I want to state what kind of taxes we should raise. I think the government should raise the cigar and alchole taxes because these two are bad for health. If the price are cheap, more people will buy those bad things for health, and they will go to hospital at last. This is waste of money. Why the government must pay the medical bill for those who know smoking and drinking are bad for their health?

Second, I also think that the system in Sweeden is good. It is the best that all people can take medical for free. However, sometimes it is impossible... Then, we need to make the limitation. About the limitation, I think that we should consider those who have serious diseases and disabilities, not only based on their income.