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So you believe that people who can't afford health care should just die in the gutter like animals. Duly noted.
But remember that even Ayn Rand, hallowed be Her name, accepted government-funded health care toward the end of Her life. Apparently she thought she was entitled to someone else's work after all.
Short of begging for charity or resorting to theft, what choice do the poor have?
There are only so many doctors, so many nurses and so much medicine. In the capitalistic society, they are bound under the law of supply and demand, and even in a communist society they are bound by the supply.
A doctor's services, food, water, shelter, jobs. If we don't have access to those, all we can do is beg and hope for mercy. Otherwise, we'd be forced to resort to theft.
We live in a civil society where we can exchange our labor for things that we need.
It's a product that you and I can choose to buy or not.
An unconscious accident victim doesn't have a choice of whether to "buy" healthcare -- even assuming he or she would refuse to do so if given a chance.
An unconscious accident victim doesn't have a choice of whether to "buy" healthcare -- even assuming he or she would refuse to do so if given a chance.
Which brings up the question: Is it ethical to bill someone for services rendered while they were unconscious, and had no option to accept or reject said obligations?
It should be a necessity and it should be affordable but plenty of people would rather drive that nice car or whatever instead of buying health insurance.
Which brings up the question: Is it ethical to bill someone for services rendered while they were unconscious, and had no option to accept or reject said obligations?
By law, a doctor is required to give emergency services if they work in the ER, regardless of health insurance.
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