if people who get hiv in this way are not covered, many will end up dying in the streets - or turning tricks to avoid that fate, and that would be a disaster for all involved. let's face it - your average lazy person isn't going to get a potentially fatal disease in order to avoid working. bug chasers are already in desparate need of a psychiatrist, which means that they already should probably be receiving medicare and treatment.

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Should health insurance and medicare be able to ban someone who was proven to be a bug chaser? It would be a lot less attractive of a community if the main topic of conversation was, "How will I get ahold of the money that I need to stay alive?"
That's harsh, but right now the fact that you don't have to pay any portion of the costs is essentially endorsing it as a lifestyle. You should be able to put people on the list the moment they mention the interest so that they know they're on their own if they go through with it.