The government is set up in such a way that if we all decided to get healthier all at once by quitting smoking and drinking, it would royally fuck their budget up.  No taxes from those entities.  Were all those taxes going to solve only problems created by people drinking and smoking?  You know that isn't true.  So this country would go through tough times if we got healthy.  Imagine a government that doesn't want us to be healthy.  No wonder we don't have a universal healthcare plan.