on what basis do people consider universal health care as a right, not a privelege??

Question

I assume that we want a country with a separation of church and state. Therefore the government must be secular. But in this type of secular government, shouldnt it be survival of the fittest, and natural selection? (darwin)

just asking, dont hate.

Answer 1

There is no basis to consider universal health care a right. There is no basis for abortion to be a right either but the Supreme Court still botched that one............

Answer 2

A completely secular government is actually a contradiction in terms. All rule of law is ultimately dictated by some form of belief system that in turn is supported by the faith individuals have in that belief system. Even Atheists have religious beliefs. They have faith in the fact there is no God! They have no actual proof of this.

That being said. We should stop focusing on getting religious belief out of the government (which is impossible) and focus on making America a decent place to live for all Americans (very possible with the right people in charge).

A healthy nation is a properous nation. Many people are unable to afford healthcare. A universal health care system supported by tax dollars would go a long way towards making us a healthier nation. It would also decrease the cost of doing business in the United States which would help to stimulate the economy.

We elect our leaders to work in our best interests. A healthy nation is in our best interests. So yes I consider universal healthcare a right!

Answer 3

In the event of a communicable illness do we want people wandering around infecting any and everyone? In the Spanish influenza of the early twentieth century, it was the young adults who died in the greatest numbers, just the ones Darwin would have thought would have lived, but the elders had a milder form and some immunity and they babies had it easier. Maybe from breast milk.
Universal health care would catch the beginnings of influenza faster, and other things too, like the recent rash of infections. If someone doesn't go to doctor when ill, they could easily pass on a serious illness. Its a public health issue. Women having babies in the street wouldn't sit well.
And having the elderly dying in those same streets would also be....shall we say messy?

Germs and bacteria don't recognize natural selections in Darwins vein, they attack other species, the natural selection Darwin spoke of was in ones own species.

I keep hearing about how our taxes are paying for the useless and helpless, but I never hear about what should be done from the right. Maybe all they want to do is complain and feel like they are invincible. Until their layoff slip falls out of their pay check.

Answer 4

It is not a constitutional right, but most American would not leave someone to die in the street, because the constitution did not specify he had a right to emergency care.

Because of increasing health care cost, the government is already paying almost half the medical cost in the country, and the debate is about whether or not it is more efficient and fair to cover not only the poor and the old, but also people who work and pay taxes.

Answer 5

This is because people without health care don't consider the fact that their health care has to come from somewhere. The tax burden on every person in the US would be higher, and therefore a disproportionate amount of income from the higher classes will be funneled to the poor (not including the fact that they receive many other governmental benefits BESIDES health care). In fact, the poor receive 30% more in government benefits than they pay out in taxes, so in effect they are ALREADY receiving a privlege from the government, so they would just be receiving more income that they didn't earn. Couple this with the fact that our social equity spending is going to increase largely in the next 50 years because of the number of elderly going on social security and medicare, there is no way that US tax payers are going to be able to foot the bill for Universal health care. I think our number one priority right now is to reduce our deficit spending, and once we are back to surplus spending, THEN we can concern ourselves with health care for the average citizen. Otherwise, we are just putting ourselves further into debt, which will be totally detrimental to our economy.

Answer 6

Although I think that it is OK to have better medical treatment if you can afford it...like convenience, a better hospital room, advanced and almost experimental treatment, and what would be extremely advanced care. The medical community needs to treat everyone with the same careful considerations. There should be a lower level of care for everyone...and yes free.....the drug companies enjoy large profits due to intellectual property...by US law...I would consider this a privilege given to them, not a right, because this could change by legislative action.

Answer 7

Let me answer your question with this question. .. do you think school should be privilege or something Americans should have to pay for? or how about this to chew on.... do you think that Voting should be a privilege or something we should pay for.....let's not stop there.....How about your grandparents that have worked their entire life and paid taxes, SS, real estate, school taxes, etc etc... and now during retirement they have to pay for their own medicare/health coverage is that fair? I only ask these ridiculous questions, because common sense seems to have disappeared in this country. We look at certain things we can control as a right and privilege, but things we can't control as business. So, let's ask a few other questions.. Can you control cancer, who get's it who doesn't? Can you control your child from getting sick? Answer is no... yet we have to pay for all these things when we go see a doctor and because we have no control the hospitals and doctors can charge whatever the f**k they want. It should absolutely be a privilege in this country, just like being able to vote, drive a car, start a family, etc etc. You can pick how much you want to pay at a restaurant..well try doing that in a hospital, when you are at your most vulnerable state.

Let me clarify, just in case I was confusing anyone... when I think of privilege I think of the privilege of being able to breath, live, have my family. So for all of you that are "by the book" on terminology, health care should be provided for all, with NO cost, just like the privilege of breathing.

Answer 8

On the basis that it is rapidly becoming a national security issue.
the facts:

the facts:
-47 million Americans as of 2005 were without any kind of coverage.
-that is 16% of the entire population
-11% greater than the unemployed
-82 million Americans(almost 1/3 of the entire population) spent a portion of 2005 without any form of coverage
-15% of all employees were without company sponsored health coverage
-80% of this number is either native or naturalized citizens
-old diseases are reappearing with multi-antibiotic resistance
-Nearly 40 percent of the uninsured population reside in households that earn $50,000 or more. A growing number of middle-income families cannot afford health insurance payments even when coverage is offered by their employers.
http://www.nchc.org/facts/coverage.shtml


can you imagine a society where 16% of the entire population is infected with microorganisms that have increased virulence because the factor is expressed along with antibiotic resistance?

Answer 9

Of course it is a right. There's a guy here in Oklahoma who was just diagnosed with Prostate Cancer. His employer just closed up shop and skipped town. So this guy has lost his job, his insurance and because his employer went AWOL, can't get Cobra either. And naturally no health insurer will touch him, because....well gee he acutally needs help.

This is why we need some form of guaranteed health care for every American. Because it's ridiculous to assume that companies and health insurers care more about people than their own profits. Profits always trump people.

That's why we have government for the people...because nobody else out there is for the people.

And you know today it's this poor guy...perhaps tomorrow it's you or I...

Answer 10

The US government is based on we the people not Darwinian theory.

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

And no one is claiming health care as a right though it can be made one with a constitutional amendment.

Answer 11

Universal health care is a right because people had the right to live and good health is the only way to have an excellent life.