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Originally Posted by Kevin
I may be beating a bit of a straw man here -- I'll admit that.
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Yes, you are and I'm glad that you chose to concede that point. I said BASIC health coverage the people need to just get over common, yet unecessary ills. Those that people should be able to avoid in a modern world.
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Originally Posted by Kevin
People no more have a "right" to medicine than they have a "right" to housing. We all die. It's just a question of when. People who have failed to make good choices in their lives may die because they can't afford insurance. Oh well.
At some point in governance, we have to be callous. We have to be willing to accept that governmental intervention is not the solution to all the ills of the world. As I said above, it's all about line drawing. I'm pretty clear where I draw the line on this issue... are you?
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People who have failed to make good choices? That is rediculous. The health care crisis affects a huge number of people in this country, including much of the middle class. These people (including myself) have made all kinds of choices, none of which have any bearing on the issue here. Since you put it into the context of "personal choices", though, fine I'll address that. It is the astronomical cost of health insurance that is the problem and the unethical causes of that high cost. People, like me, who CHOSE to get educated, work and follow the strait and narrow STILL are unable to get insured. So, what exactly are the choices YOU are talking about the WE made that render all of us undeserving of health coverage? Are you saying that people who, through any number of means, happened upon wealth and money are more entitled to health coverage than someone who happened to not make as much money or get LUCKY like most of the well-to-do in this country? If that is your point, whether you realized that that was what you were saying, then yeah, you are a part of the problem: the overwhelming number of people who unfortunately influence the policy in this country that does not favor making healthcare more affordable and available to more people.
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