2007-10-10 13:04:24 · 8 answers · asked by Tanisha 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
ok I guess I should have added some details of what I was really trying to say I was asking do you think it's right for poor people to have to pay for health care meditcal bills are so high so if someone doesn't have any money or insurence is it right to just let them die
2007-10-10 13:12:25 · update #1
Yes...healthcare, like food, is not a right that everybody gets for free because they need it.
2007-10-10 13:07:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The poor are not completely with out medical care because no one can be turned away from a hospital. For what it is worth I am one of our nations elderly and I am not in favor of government ran health care for one thing I have never seen a government ran program that didn't become a money pit. I get a social security check and it helps pay the bills but it is one of the poorest investments I made, I often wish that the government would have made me take that money and invested it because based on what my IRA has done I would be on top of the world to-day. No I am not one of the so called wealthy I was just an average working guy
2007-10-10 21:26:17 · answer #2 · answered by hdean45 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, in one way or another it has to be paid for. The people who work in health care all deserve to make a good living, and the supplies and drugs used all cost something to manufacture and develop. If a person, regardless of their socioeconomic status, requires emergency care it is given to them. Also, many providers and hospitals will work with people who are willing to make reasonable and regular payments.
2007-10-10 20:32:07 · answer #3 · answered by J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not like there's a viable alternative. If you have free market health care, you pay for the health care you get. If you have insurance, you pay for the health care you might need later. If you have socialized medicine, you pay for everyones health care.
Unless health care is provided by slaves, it's being paid for. (Heck, even slaves have upkeep - and depreciate over time).
2007-10-10 20:11:31 · answer #4 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. It's a service provided by other people, people who need to make a living.
Just like it's right that we pay for food, water, housing, electricity, etc.
2007-10-10 20:07:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Survival of the fittest.
Other than the elderly. Most of the elderly served their country and deserve to be taken care of.
2007-10-10 20:20:52 · answer #6 · answered by Dionannan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously not.
Many countries around the world have a free health care system.
It's time for a rich country like the US to follow those countries and treat its citizens with more respect.
2007-10-10 20:14:20 · answer #7 · answered by Luís Santos 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
We have to pay for it any way you look at it.
But yes, I think You should pay your bills before you expect me to
2007-10-10 20:07:46 · answer #8 · answered by gcbtrading 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋