Reply #70: You're confusing things a bit here

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Your right to privacy is not the same as the entitlement to do something stupid with your body and expect others to pick up the tab.

No that it matters in this country, since we don't have much in terms of socialized health care. But part of a social contract in which taxes were to pay for universal health care would involve people making responsible choices. Now, if you decide to opt out and pay for your health care off your own pocket directly, I would assume you would be entitled to all poor health decisions you want. That matter, however, has very little to do with a government spying on people and invading privacy with the objective of squashing dissent.