Oby!!!! Take down this health care site!!!

You are assuming many things:

First:
That all of the funds that healthy people pay into insurance goes to cover alcoholics and drug abusers. It doesn't.

Second:
That early treatment of those diseases does not pay off in the long run.
Third:
That there is no relation between alcoholism and drug abuse and factors such as genetic, psychological, social and environmental influences. Such as a wounded war vet who becomes dependent on pain suppression drugs.
Fourth:
As stated above, alcoholism and drug abuse is not always a conscious choice, they are diseases that can and should be treated.

You are trying to blame the costs of the entire health care system on the irresponsible behavior of selected individuals. There is some merit to this as everyone would benefit if we all eat a proper balanced diet, exercised regularly, and avoided dangerous activities such as motorcycle and horseback riding.
And while some of my contributions do go to those who live irresponsibly, they also go to those who incur disease through no fault of their own, are injured in unforeseen accidents or in defense or service to their country or community, the new born and young who can't support themselves, the aged who have worked and contributed to the best of their ability for their entire adult life, and those who through no fault of their own are economically less well off than I am.

I have no problem morally supporting all of the above and the alcoholics and drug addicts who also are in need of understanding and help.

(You may be right about the aspirin, I take it because of my doctor's recommendation, but recent medical theory may be swinging away from that advice.)

 

Yes, programs such as S.S. and Medicare, the elinination of severe depressions such as those occurring in 1819, 1837, 1857, 1873, 1893, 1907 and 1929 through regulation of business practices. The elimination of polio, cholera, smallpox and vaccination programs that have reduced by 95% our risks of hepatitis B, measles, mumps, tetanus, rubella, and diphtheria.
The interstate highway system, FDIC, the G.I Bill, the FHA, the CPSC, anti discrimination bills, Clean Air and Water Acts, OSHA, the military, the opening of the west, the National Weather Service, Medicaid, Student Financial services, the FDA, Basic Research funding, the National Parks, the Voting Rights Act, Rural Electrification, AmeriCorps and the Peace Corps, the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Crime Information Center, etc.

And so on...I have to go.....