Universal health care

[DemPGH]

Yes. Tempering the war machine / war industry more than a trifle would go a long way in helping provide it.

[DemPGH]

How does one oppose the principle of access to healthcare being universal per se?

That would probably be opposition to being forced to pay the cost of another's self inflicted sickness/injury.

I have a hard time seeing how cancers of the skin (which are on the rise), and other kinds, etc., as well as high blood pressure, hyper tension, kidney stones, and so on are self-inflicted. It's vastly hereditary.

[DemPGH]

Unhealthy lifestyles can certainly exacerbate existing conditions or conditions one is prone to have, but eating your oatmeal every day and running a mile is absolutely no guarantee against anything, and while it's a great idea to eat your oatmeal and run your mile, the heart association as well as any physician will tell you it's no guarantee. That said, no, you don't want to blow up your weight and eat fast food and doughnuts.

Breast cancer is not self-inflicted. Some people smoke and get lung cancer, some people don't. Determining causation is a slippery slope and nearly impossible because of genetic factors.

And yes, it's not too much to ask those with "good genes" to help those with "poor genes," if it's to be worded as such.