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SciFiBoy said:
Kasz216 said:
Depends on the Healthcare and the country.

In the US for example the government is supposed to protect 3 main rights.

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.

Healthcare falls under both Life and the Pursuit of Happiness.


Healthcare that perserves Life is a right.

Elective healthcare is happiness... and not the pursuit of it.

So.... Heart surgery = Right.
Plastic Surgery = Not a Right.

Furthermore how it is paid for is an issue. Since Progressive taxation would be a violation of "Liberty".

As Liberty should include everyone being treated as equals. 

 

you gotta be careful with elective healthcare, plastic surgery i can agree with you on though

PT is the only way to pay for it, flat tax would mean the poor pay more than they can afford (if you have state healthcare) or they dont get healthcare, which again is not fair on the poor, so the rich pay to help the poor, which is more than fair imo.

How so?

If your going to be covering national healthcare i'd think you'd be covering food and shelter as well.  As it would be stupid to be covering healthcare yet not those things since the lack of that would make the healthcare bill much more expensive.

With all needs taken care of how is there any percentage the poor can't afford to pay?