The people who cause their own illness nowadays are a lot more than it can be normally expected. There are multiple cuases: lack of movement and poor diet. I do support that we should not make this part of the pupulation pay more for health care than the other.
It is commonly thought that people who follow this kind of poor lifestyle made this choice by themselves, I personally disagree with this opinion.
First of all, it is often seen that a person affected by obesity actually comes from a family where more than one generation is affected by it. It can be interferred that there is a lack of knowleadge regarding healthy eating habits. Second, it has to be citied that recently the price of prime resources ,such as vegetables and fruits, have been steadily increasing. For a low income family it might be hard to pay for products such as not processed food and BIO products as they may be out of their current economic range. Increasing the health care cost may be a burden for an alredy struggling family, it is also possibile that it might increase the intial problem.
A solution to the issue is starting in school advertising campaigns to make young children aware of the problem; schools should also introduce balanced meals for their students to prevent obesity in the younger population. A third possibility is introducing a maximum ceiling for the essential products in supermarkets. This choice will make possible for all the citizien to buy healthier food.
In summary, poor choices are sometimes made because of necessity, economic or simple ignorance, the governament more than hinder the population it should support them.