Do you consider healthcare a basic human right? (England, constitutional, world)
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Yes, I know what you are doing. You are attempting to force everyone to do things the way you want them done. You are trying to take away choices. And I am opposed to that. Attack me as you see fit, but I do not agree with coercion. Period.
As long as we can all agree that every reasonably intelligent adult understands that universal or national healthcare isn't free, I'll be happy to move the discussion along.
There's a right to LIFE, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Physical LIFE requires caring for one's health and there aren't very many (if any) people who are qualified to do it all for themselves. They might treat a cough or a cold but can they treat their own cancer? Can they diagnose and treat their own high cholesterol? Can they perform bypass surgery on themselves?
How many serious diseases can a person treat without some outside health care?
Without health care they would die and that isn't LIFE. Health care is a right.
So since rights apparently aren't a government thing...I say take all guns and throw 'em in the ocean. Free speech? F that noise. Shut down any and all traitors to the American cause. Religion? Nope. All must adhere to the FSM version of the universe. Any dissent shall be roundly shut down by 'Murican volunteers.
I'm assuming you have healthcare insurance? You do realize that those who pay premiums but don't get sick, already pay for those that do get sick?
However, if you truly want to have people pay for their own stuff, I suggest you ask for the actual costs of your medical treatment without insurance, and pay that bill. After, all, you shouldn't have to rely on other people paying for your stuff.
Wrong. My property taxes pay for the trucks that I as a volunteer use to fight fires.
Fuel excise taxes when I fuel my plane pay for my use of air traffic control when I fly my plane as do you when you buy a ticket. I have a well, I pay for my testing, not you.
So I am paying my way.
Are you?
Pay for your own stuff.
As their taxes will pay into the pool for universal care, it's no different.
Not a basic right, but something the richest country in the world ought to figure out how to provide for its citizens.
Especially since, going forward, we will see more and more jobs disappear to automation and our jobs are tied to health insurance...we need to figure out how to move forward in the face of automation and increasing unemployment.
Wrong. My property taxes pay for the trucks that I as a volunteer use to fight fires.
Fuel excise taxes when I fuel my plane pay for my use of air traffic control when I fly my plane as do you when you buy a ticket. I have a well, I pay for my testing, not you.
So I am paying my way.
Are you?
Pay for your own stuff.
My mom pays property taxes on her four properties and has never used the fire department for anything...not a fire, filling her pool, nothing. How is that fair???
But liberals turned society into a population of those that have their hand out saying gimme.
Actually societies grew because people learned to work together and care for each other.
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