Should the US Universalize Healthcare?

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Registered: 03-01-2007
Should the US Universalize Healthcare?
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Mon, 08-04-2008 - 12:45pm
Should the US universalize healthcare?

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Registered: 03-28-2007
Tue, 08-05-2008 - 2:20pm

It can't operate the same way for a very basic reason.

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Registered: 03-28-2007
Tue, 08-05-2008 - 2:26pm

In other words, what you're advocating is another income transferrence scheme, to move money from those who happen to be either healthy or make more than the median to those who are either ill or make less than the median.


Ultimately, national health care simply constitutes a means of transferring money from the healthy to the ill, from those that can afford it to those who cannot.


Why should the healthy pay for the ill?


Why should those who earn more, pay more for the same level of service?

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Registered: 05-29-2008
Tue, 08-05-2008 - 4:32pm

>>>Maybe he was talking to a potential employer? You really don't know for sure. You are making assumptions without facts. <<<


Uhhhhh...the point was...if you don't have money to eat...how the he&& do you have money for a cell phone?


AND if you only have so much money...wouldn't you think you'd pony up the cash for a meal instead of a minutes package?!


Again...it's an issue of personal responsibility and PRIORITIES.


If someone can't prioritize and take care of their healthcare (in lieu of cell phones, iPods, etc) then I'm sure as he&& not gonna pay for their healthcare out of MY hard earned money.

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Registered: 09-08-2006
Tue, 08-05-2008 - 5:00pm

I believe public education is protected under the Constitution.


Human rights refers to the "basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled." Examples of rights and freedoms which are often thought of as human rights include civil and political rights, such as the right to life and liberty, freedom of expression, and equality before the law; and social, cultural and economic rights, including the right to participate in culture, the right to food, the right to work, and the right to education.

 

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Registered: 06-23-2008
Tue, 08-05-2008 - 5:04pm
Why should I pay for roads I don't use, why should my husband have
iVillage Member
Registered: 06-23-2008
Tue, 08-05-2008 - 5:07pm
You are still assuming. What if it isn't his cell phone? There are things you can assume by looking at a person
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Registered: 09-08-2006
Tue, 08-05-2008 - 5:09pm

A universal health plan does not have to be modeled like Canada or UK (which both

 

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-28-2007
Tue, 08-05-2008 - 5:09pm
Public education is not guaranteed under the US Constitution.
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Registered: 01-02-2008
Tue, 08-05-2008 - 5:28pm

"I believe public education is protected under the Constitution."

Really? Which article?

ETA: not that I completely disagree with your comparison, I just don't remember education being defined as a right, or as being protected under the constitution and wanted to look it up. TIA.




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Registered: 01-02-2008
Tue, 08-05-2008 - 5:37pm
Amendments 9 and 10 are a stretch, but is that what you are using to support the claim that education is "protected" by the Constitution?

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