“What’s more important: being healthy or having lots of money? Explain why you think so”
From my perspective, having lots of money is a much better alternative to being healthy because, well, put simply: you can buy stuff to make you healthy. But that is likely not the main focus of the question, I believe the question is saying: “you can only choose one”. So, in that case, I believe that being healthy is more important than having lots of money.
One example of this in history was Henry the VIII. Who was the king of England. He had a large amount of money, obviously being a king, but he was extremely unhealthy. He was severely overweight, and although this was preventable. He is an example of how money cant make you healthy. Being unhealthy also causes risks of having an illness which is not preventable. Which even money cant fix.
Along with the the risk of severe illness, happiness is also something that money cant buy. A common counter to this argument is: “You can just buy something that makes you happy”, although this is a true argument, that happiness is always going to be temporary, which is not something that is associated with being healthy. Being healthy means you are consistently happy due to a good mental state, which will always prevail in the face of temporary happiness.
To conclude, being healthy is better than having a lot of money, because being healthy means you are less likely to get a severe illness, and being healthy means you are happier overall.