Choose a position: A strategy to reduce health care costs is to encourage individuals to adopt healthier lifestyles (e.g. avoiding salty, sugary, and fatty foods). Are you in favor of imposing a higher sales tax on soda, hamburgers, and other unhealthy food to discourage their consumption?
Discuss effectiveness, efficiency, individual choice and economic freedom, and equity issues of adopting or not adopting this strategy. Cite also any political acceptability or administrative feasibility issues.