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If you think health care is a right, walk into a doctor’s office and demand your right to receive care be granted on demand.
Kalkin (01-18-2018)
"Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most — that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and most menial tasks, have the least."
- Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926), five-time Socialist Party candidate for U.S. President
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Green Arrow (01-18-2018)
I believe that the liberal point of view is that human rights are the product of logic and reason and are dependant on individual societies to recognize or ignore. Since by definition, healthcare is arguably a positive right, it derives from societal demand, although one could argue that the preservation of life is also a natural right.
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"The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Green Arrow (01-18-2018)
I think health is a right, not sure if it's subsumed under the right to life or pursuit of happiness. Just as we have a right to life no one has a right to deprive us of it, and similarly with health. But just like I would want another to live my life or tell me how to live it, I wouldn't want another to dictate or even provide for my health--it's up to me to decide how much I value that and pursue it accordingly. I also don't mind helping people, but not through coercion and central planners deciding.
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. ― Gustav Mahler
Kalkin (01-18-2018)