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It's an entitlement because, if it's not, what a society for? Society is basically an arrangement, a contract of sorts - the protection of the group in return for sharing what we find, make or earn....
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To be fair, I think you'll find (RnG- can we have another name to use for you?) that at least in this sub-sub-subculture most of us anticipate doing a great deal of giftwork in whatever future we end...
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@Tagonist Red is fine. I really like what you said about community, I've been thinking along those lines recently, but you said it way better than me. Have any of you listened to this years BBC Reith...
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I think the question is all wrong. Should it be more like Who Wants in for Free to the Illiness Maintenance Industry? What is healthcare? I haven't had regular heath insurance in over 20 years. I...
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Why are healthcare costs increasing faster than the rate of inflation? Do doctors in the US deserve to be paid the high wages they are paid?
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lulugraphics wrote: It's an all day job to get real food in this country, poison food is way more accessible. US is a sadistic nation. The government says "okay, eat all the toxins and poison you...
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lulugraphics wrote: I think the question is all wrong. Should it be more like Who Wants in for Free to the Illiness Maintenance Industry? What is healthcare? I haven't had regular heath insurance in...
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Actually, I disagree in the most strenuous possible terms. Doctors are *not* like clergy, and that's the problem. After all, the history of medicine blends seamlessly into religion, and in plenty of...
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If there was no bloated health care insurance, poor people would be more likely to afford to pay for their health care. Health care has become another bubble money maker, just like real estate and the...
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Most modern medicine will soon prove to be unsustainable and unafordable. If America sudenly tries to start universal health care now it will just more rapidly bankrupt the nation.
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As several people have mentioned, the real problem is not who pays for health care, but that it has grown so expensive that only the very rich can afford to pay for it. Should everyone have access to...
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That's one way to look at it. Another way to look at it is if everyone is reasonably healthy, that benefits us all, you included. #1 cause of bankruptcies is medical expenses. Keeping your neighbor in...
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In a small tribe, everyone has access to the best health care the tribe has. Health care is indeed considered a right. But, one member of the tribe sitting around gorging on fruit or something and...
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High fructose corn syrup is subsidized by our government. You can't buy vitamins on food stamps. carey
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I want to interject again that although it is a deeply embedded meme in American culture, a person's health doesn't actually reflect their moral fitness. That is, people don't get sick because they...
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chip wrote: Possible short answers include: compassion, pragmatism, humanity, and social responsibility. +1 for best short answer! i can't resist fleshing it out: how many homeless, disease-ridden...
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"Most people who oppose socialized medicine do so on the grounds that it is moral and well-intentioned, but impractical; i.e., it is a noble idea -- which just somehow does not work. I do not agree...
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CS - I"m just answering your first post here, because this is long and I don't feel like reading it all, and your first post is well-formed, it's a very good question, thank you. Health care should be...
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