I'm pretty sure the idea that older people should be denied treatment for conditions that are common at their age [1] because years or decades earlier they did something that has no relation whatsoever to that condition is in fact controversial.
[1] Nearly a quarter of people have cataracts before 70 and 10% of people have some form of age-related macular degeneration by 50.
[1] Nearly a quarter of people have cataracts before 70 and 10% of people have some form of age-related macular degeneration by 50.