Smoking in France a thing of the past?

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Scrooge McSam

With so many of our industrialized nations offering universal health care, the world should be rife with examples you could cite.

Not exactly on point, but in the slippery slope direction:

Here is a man who was denied a work visa in New Zealand because he was overweight and a potential burden to their national health care program. He lost went and then was allowed in. Presumably Samoans are not allowed to move there.