Is healthcare a right or a privilege?

Is healthcare a right or a privilege?

  • A right

    Votes: 9 81.8%

  • A privilege

    Votes: 2 18.2%
  • Total voters
    11
Padawanbater2

Padawanbater2

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Do you think people should have equal access to healthcare regardless of their ability to pay for it or do you believe people should only have access to healthcare if they can pay for it?
 
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ChesusRice

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I think it should be a right.
Unfortunatly in this country its a privilege. The Moneyed want the working man to have no rights to healthcare, welfare, unemployment or worker representation.

It takes away from their power over the employee. How many people do you know that kept working at a shitty job because of the health insurance?
 
TBoneJack

TBoneJack

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Everyone deserves health care. No one should ever be denied health care.

I just don't know of a way to implement national health care without killing our economy.

And I'm not talking about Obamacare. The deductibles are so high for some people that they can't afford to actually use the insurance sometimes when they need it.

Rather, I'm talking excellent health care (the same as senators get) for low deductibles and co-pays. That's the insurance everyone needs and deserves.

But how do we afford it? While we also pay massive welfare, defense, social security, etc? And forgive millions of student loans?
 
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ChesusRice

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TBoneJack said:
Everyone deserves health care. No one should ever be denied health care.

I just don't know of a way to implement national health care without killing our economy.

And I'm not talking about Obamacare. The deductibles are so high for some people that they can't afford to actually use the insurance sometimes when they need it.

Rather, I'm talking excellent health care (the same as senators get) for low deductibles and co-pays. That's the insurance everyone needs and deserves.

But how do we afford it? While we also pay massive welfare, defense, social security, etc? And forgive millions of student loans?
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Defense can be cut by half easily. We have over 1400 nukes. Im not worried about an enemy attacking us
 
TBoneJack

TBoneJack

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Padawanbater2 said:
How do other countries afford it?
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Other countries don't have our welfare, social security, litigation, defense, medicare, medicade, etc expenses we do.

And add national health care (really GOOD care, like senators have)? And we're already so far in debt...
 
The_Herban_Legend

The_Herban_Legend

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Padawanbater2 said:
Do you think people should have equal access to healthcare regardless of their ability to pay for it or do you believe people should only have access to healthcare if they can pay for it?
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Everyone, regardless of the amount of your financial earnings, should have access to quality healthcare. With that said, it is neither a right nor a privilege, it is now a mandate.
 
Padawanbater2

Padawanbater2

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TBoneJack said:
Other countries don't have our welfare, social security, litigation, defense, medicare, medicade, etc expenses we do.

And add national health care (really GOOD care, like senators have)? And we're already so far in debt...
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Other countries, like Sweden, Norway & Finland have much more robust social safety net programs as well as higher quality healthcare

What they do differently is spend their taxes more efficiently and eliminate the massive upward redistribution of wealth places like the US see
 
ElfoodStampo

ElfoodStampo

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Padawanbater2 said:
Do you think people should have equal access to healthcare regardless of their ability to pay for it or do you believe people should only have access to healthcare if they can pay for it?
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I don't believe health care is either a right or privilege, it's a personal responsibility.
 
UncleBuck

UncleBuck

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ElfoodStampo said:
I don't believe health care is either a right or privilege, it's a personal responsibility.
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aren't you the guy who says it's the woman's fault for getting raped and thinks sandy hook was a faked conspiracy?

yeah, i think i'll listen to someone who isn't monumentally retarded.
 
ElfoodStampo

ElfoodStampo

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UncleBuck said:
aren't you the guy who says it's the woman's fault for getting raped and thinks sandy hook was a faked conspiracy?

yeah, i think i'll listen to someone who isn't monumentally retarded.
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If they had guns they wouldn't get raped. and sandy hook was a hoax.
and take responsibility for your own actions and quit looking for others to take care of you.
 
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