> Money we are talking about is not infinite and is 'contributed' by taxpayers.

Most people who end up in the emergency room end up paying for it. And as a lot of people mentioned, that is very slippery slope that ends up with the goverment ruling your life in every way.

> Moreover, I think that some rights some people would not even recognise as such...

I think that is confusing the issue. We are talking about what the goverment shouldn't do, not what they should. Whole different animal.

> Where should the line be drawn

I think it is very easy to draw; Direct harm. Simple and easy to follow, the goverment should stay out of my life unless I am directly harming someone else. This trend towards laws that address, for lack of a better phrase, "indirect harm" is a very dangerous road that I don't like one bit. Europe has been going down this road for quite a while and the lack of some basic freedoms there versus the U.S. is quite noticable.