Do you see access to health care as a necessity, or luxury and privilege. (school, compared)

[TheHurricaneKid]

If I really think about it, compared to when I lived in another country, it is out of charity that my parents paid for my hearing aids when I was in elementary school. It is out of charity that I was allowed to live life like a normal person and not a deaf beggar on the street.

The services of a doctor, medical equipment and medicine aren't free, and if no one wishes to give to charity to keep your body alive, then one must take the responsibility and pay for the privilege to live. Not everyone is given the luxury to a healthy body and a life to have the money to fix said healthy body. Chances are the people giving charity have an equal chance of getting expensive diseases, and it's okay if they don't give to charity, because chances are they could need it too.

If I ever acquired a large medical debt, I'd feel obligated to pay for it, because it is me who should pay for the privilege of living my own life.

Even now, I will have to save up for hearing aids, because I don't have the luxury of being a healthy human. I feel very grateful to be living in the modern era, because had I been born at another time, I'd probably be a deaf beggar. For that reason,I feel obligated to make more of my life than another person.


...Being healthy is a luxury.

[TheHurricaneKid]

One thing to keep in mind though, although access to health care is a necessity to a healthy life, healthy life it self is a luxury people in many countries cannot afford.

[remoddahouse]

Ask anyone in this country when they're critically injured and I can tell you what the answer would be.

[pch1013]

For someone having a heart attack, health care is a necessity. For someone wanting a boob job, it's a luxury.

[Deezus]

My girlfriend developed Type 1 diabetes as a teenager... It's sort of a neccesity for her. I guess not dying is a luxury for some.

[TheHurricaneKid]

Originally Posted by remoddahouse

Ask anyone in this country when they're critically injured and I can tell you what the answer would be.

Just because you need it to stay alive, doesn't mean you can afford to stay alive.

[T-Rob123]

This will be the last time I look at this thread. As of right now we are at 100% of people voting who see it as a necessity.
I want to keep some faith in humanity and I am going to pretend that there isn't 1 person who would see it as luxury.

[pch1013]

OP, are you "pro-life"? Your original post is an argument against the "pro-life" position.

If society has no legitimate interest in keeping people alive after they're born, why should it care about keeping fetuses alive before they're born?

And if a parent caring for their child is merely a form of "charity," why should a parent be forced to care for a child in utero?

[TheHurricaneKid]

Originally Posted by Deezus

My girlfriend developed Type 1 diabetes as a teenager... It's sort of a neccesity for her. I guess not dying is a luxury for some.

It's a luxury for everyone. Rich can afford it, us poor people, oftentimes can't, unless the medical industry agreed to work for less.

[pch1013]

Originally Posted by TheHurricaneKid

It's a luxury for everyone.

Then I guess that means being born is a luxury too. Or do you believe society should care for babies right up until the moment they're born, and then just let them die if their parents can't afford to care for them?