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Just to note, these people are well off. If it was someone that doesn’t have $12,862 (or the equity/credit score to take out a large loan) to pay for surgery in another country (with a working medical system), then they’ll die of being poor, and I’m sure many people have already.
IMO the term ‘conservative’ is somewhat fluid when the topic is other countries. For instance, Canadian/American conservatives/republicans (respectively) wouldn’t even think of implementing a tax like that because in many ways they are the bankers.