Government will decide who gets what sort of care – and if your lifestyle is one that allows you the privilege of receiving the care your tax dollars are paying for.

More than half of doctors across the UK have backed controversial measures to withhold treatment to smokers and the obese.

According to a new survey around 54 per cent of those who took part said the NHS should have the right to deny non-emergency treatments to those who fail to lose weight or kick their smoking habits.

Members of the networking website doctors.net.uk were asked 'Should the NHS be allowed to refuse non-emergency treatments to patients unless they lose weight or stop smoking?'

And although the poll was optional 593 of the 1,096 doctors who participated answered yes.

It is believed that some procedures are less likely to work on those with unhealthier lifestyles and medics say they should not use their already limited resources for such work.

Those who seek to impose government health care on Americans implicitly seek to impose government control of so many areas of our lives.

Too fat? No health care for you!

Smoke? No health care for you!

Drink? No health care for you!

But if you are a part of a politically-approved group with a lifestyle that has negative health implications – such as sexually active gay men (I’m talking health statistics, not moral judgment) – then you will get full coverage of all medical conditions that result from your unhealthy activities.