Has anyone read this on socialized medicine?

Question

I'll be no one has. I will also bet that if you do, you will change your mind.

http://www.bdt.com/pages/Peikoff.html

It is obvious from some of the asnwers that SOME people didn't actually READ it.

Answer 1

That is the most wonderful explanation of Rights I have encountered. A good find!

"Observe that all legitimate rights have one thing in common: they are rights to action, not to rewards from other people. The American rights impose no obligations on other people, merely the negative obligation to leave you alone. The system guarantees you the chance to work for what you want -- not to be given it without effort by somebody else.

The right to life, e.g., does not mean that your neighbors have to feed and clothe you; it means you have the right to earn your food and clothes yourself, if necessary by a hard struggle, and that no one can forcibly stop your struggle for these things or steal them from you if and when you have achieved them. In other words: you have the right to act, and to keep the results of your actions, the products you make, to keep them or to trade them with others, if you wish. But you have no right to the actions or products of others, except on terms to which they voluntarily agree. "

Answer 2

Almost every other prosperous country is doing well with
socialized medicine, so, to me, the article looks like it was
written by self-centered person who has never seen the
inside of a hospital, much less an emergency room.
Under the law, no one can be refused treatment because
of inability to pay. These costs are causing a crisis in our
emergency rooms.

What if someone with a contagious disease cannot afford
to see a doctor? That person might be your cashier or
a receptionist - they'll handle your food, change or shake
your hand.

If you are in favor of neglecting your fellow Americans,
you are not in favor of a stronger America & might be
putting yourself at risk.

First, that article was written 14 yrs. ago. Second, I cannot
relate haircuts with a mangled hand, diabetes or cancer.
Third, I'm against all suffering.

Answer 3

What's wrong with you Americans? Why do you call it socialised medicine as if that is some kind of highly contageous disease in itself? I would prefer to call it accessable medicine or health care for all; unlike what is practiced in the US at the moment where nearly 50 million people do not have insurance or are under insured - that is not a civilised starting point for any 'advanced' democratic country.
If you are against free health care at the time of need then you are against free police protection, you are against free fire fighting, you are against free military protection and you are certainly against the safety net of social security.
Now that is really civilised.