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🗂️ Health & Healthcare 🏥 🗓️ February 17, 2026

🧴 Stop Taxing Health — Remove Sales Tax on Essential Products

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Sunscreen prevents skin cancer.
 
Basic hygiene products protect health and dignity.
 
Preventive care reduces long-term healthcare costs.
 
Yet many essential health products are still taxed as if they were optional luxuries.
 
For families already struggling with rising grocery bills, rent, and utility costs, every extra tax adds up.
 
When governments say “health matters,” policy should reflect it.
 
We are not asking for handouts.
We are asking for fairness.
 
If a product prevents disease, protects health, or supports basic human dignity, it should not be treated as a luxury item.
 
We demand:
 
• Removal of sales tax on essential preventive health products
• Clear classification of what qualifies as health necessities
• Transparent public reporting on tax revenue from essential items
 
Public health should be encouraged — not penalized at checkout.
 
Sign this petition to make essential health protection more affordable for everyone.

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    V A B February 20, 2026
    Health is wealth, human health should be more priorities than money
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    O D February 20, 2026
    Health products should be made affordable so lives won't be lost for not being able to afford medications
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    N C J February 20, 2026
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    F O O February 20, 2026
    Honestly, health care should be affordable to everyone, and basic Essentials to healthy living shouldn't be treated as Luxury.
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    B O U February 20, 2026
    Health centre must be protected at all costs
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    E E E February 20, 2026
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    K L F February 20, 2026
    The amount of money a person pays for taxes on health related necessities is really a bigger financial burden than I had realized. When I read this petition, it really brought light to this issue. Hopefully, we will see a change in this.
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    I G R February 20, 2026
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    C I R February 20, 2026
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    I O O February 20, 2026
    Yeah, essentials shouldn't be taxed
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