Healthcare is a Right, Agree or Disagree?

[The Ghost of RubangB]

Jo21 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 Happiness. (not the pursuit)


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.

this, but some plastic surgery like a nose job help with breathing.

and lets face it some people self steem would get a boost from it.

A friend of mine got a nose job for some collapsing nasal passages that would stop her from breathing.

Outside of that, I don't think we should pay for any elective surgery.  I also think we should stop paying for circumcisions.  If people want to somehow legally mutilate their children with a non-life-saving elective permanent surgery without their consent, they should at least pay for it out of their own pocket.  And if you want to cut off part of your own penis after the age of 18, I say GO FOR IT.