2007-09-16 04:45:05 · 6 answers · asked by nostradamus02012 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Just an FYI - I'm asking if it's a moral issue - this has nothing to do with any perception of whether or not it is a right.
morality as in taking care of people as the right or wrong thing to do.
what i find myself stunned by over and over is how cruel some americans have become.
those who have to resort to going to the emergency room in order to get healthcare are not doing anything in the way of preventive care or frankly taking care of themselves.
when the facts arise that americans no longer have the highest standard of living or the long life expectancy - those who think that 'healthcare is not a right' is a valid point, should be careful to not complain and just state that point again.
we don't allow private companies to run our police or fire departments - because profit can't be a concern where life and death is at issue.
the same goes with healthcare, perhaps even moreso...
2007-09-16 10:48:12 · update #1
How can the fact that 47 million uninsured do not have the same access to medical services as others not be a moral issue? Many are avoiding medical care because it would wipe them out financially. When ambulances pick up injured or ill the presence of a health insurance card affects substantially where the patient is transported and the quality of services. The desparity in medical care by economic class is one of the best most examples of the conservatives` war on the poor and is morally indefensable.
2007-09-16 07:46:43 · answer #1 · answered by robert c 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I believe it is. Why? Because you are dealing with peoples' lives.
Yes, if it is a life threatening emergency, you can go to the ER, but then that's what that woman did who died in the lobby.
The nearest county hospital near me is 100 miles away.
But you are missing something hear.
The poor have Medicaid.
The elderly have Medicare.
Neither the best, but better than nothing.
What does the middle class have?
Remember, over 40 million Americans do not have health insurance. And keeping in mind what I just said about the poor and ellderly, that leaves which group left? The middle class. Why?
Example:
I hold 2 jobs and neither offer health care. I can get a policy for $300 a month. BUT it has a $5,000 deductible every year. Once that is met then I pay 35% of all visits. Preventive care and maternity are not covered.
That's a MINIMUM of $8,600 a year.
Look, in order to register your car, you have to have insurance. Do we value cars more than people?
Another note, almost half the bankruptcies filed here in California are because of medical bills. And a lot of those people HAD insurance. I had a cobra plan in 1993, they refused to cover 2 of the 3 back surgeries I had. Yes, I had to file.
Yes, there's a problem.. Yes, it is a moral issue.
2007-09-16 13:18:59 · answer #2 · answered by midnight&moonlight'smom 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure many Americans dont have health insurance and the country dont give free health care as Canada or Denmark.But this is a boon to many developing countries like India and Thailand.For ur kind information these countries have invested a great deal on Health Tourism and are betting on US tourists who find treat ment On US costly and mind u they provide excellent treatment at a very meager cost compared with the US.
So Americans are flocking to these countries so that is not a very big issue.
2007-09-16 12:08:20 · answer #3 · answered by Roshan A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really.
Anyone in America can get some form of healthcare, even if they hitch a ride to the county hospital.
And American healtcare is the best in the world. I can see no argument that it is a right to have free access to the finest 21st century healthcare available.
Buy some aspirin, a first aid kit, and keep around the bus fee to make it to the county hospital and you effectively are covered for healthcare.
2007-09-16 11:54:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I do not believe that it is. Health care is not a right.
Even if it were a moral issue, socialized health care (notice how that is two words separated by a space) would make things worse. The high cost of government run health care would greatly outweigh any benefits it provided to the poor.
2007-09-16 12:02:45 · answer #5 · answered by Biggg 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The poor can not be refused health care because of an inability to pay. Contrary to the half-truths a lot of people around here throw around.
2007-09-16 13:01:47 · answer #6 · answered by 29 characters to work with...... 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋