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Rath on 16 August 2010
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TheRealMafoo said:
Nik24 said:


I am sorry but you cannot honestly believe that America has the greatest health care in th world. I assume you have never been in a position when you couldn't pay your medical bills anymore. I get the feeling that people are acting in a very selfish way. Why is it so hard to put oneself in others schoes? People who have money can afford a good health care but what about people not so lucky? What do you tell a guy who just was thrown out of his contract and has to pay staggering bills now. I believe it is time that people start realizing this fact. Furthermore, Americans get to keep their current health care, so where's the problem? The health care bill keeps the insurance companies from denouncing your contract due to former health conditions. Health care should be affordable for everyone and not depend on your income or social status.

Chosen to reduce profit? So even one's health is subject to the relentless pursuit of money, profit and exploitation? Where do you draw the line? Companies are selling drugs with VERY hight profit margins. In my opinion every human entity should have access to cheap drugs and medicine.

I have been in a position where I could not pay for healthcare, and needed it. I went to the free university hospital and waiting 6 hours in a waiting room with a fish bone stuck in my neck. It sucked. Today thanks to my healthcare, I would get seen right away.

But I never complained about it. I got the healthcare I deserved when it was free, and I get what I deserve now after working hard all my life to obtain it.

To be honest, I was grateful for the free healthcare even though I had to sit there. I didn't really deserve any of it. It was nice of them to provide it.

Healthcare is not a right. Nothing that requires others labor for your benefit, is a right. For example, if you look at the constitution, and you were the last person on earth, you would still have all those rights.

You would not have healthcare. How can it be a "right", if it's a service one must provide you?

All a right is is something that you are entitled to. The definition of the word itself doesn't state whether it's a service that must be provided or a freedom which must not be violated.

Hence why there are articles that are both in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the articles 22, 25 and 26 especially show the later case;

Article 22 Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organisation and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.Article 25 
  1. Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
  2. Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.
Article 26 
  1. Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
  2. Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.
  3. Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.

 

Just because it is not listed in your constitution doesn't mean it shouldn't be considered a right.