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In response to "I'm not sure there's much of a difference. " by Dr.Vermin

I believe that full and complete health care is a basic human right, and you shouldn't be afraid to seek medical attention

Posted by Beryllium (iPhone) (aka grayman) Jun 6 '09, 10:17

Because you got laid off, or even because you've never had or been able to keep a job.

It should be available to everyone. EVERYONE. And it shouldn't send them to the poor house.

Do they even have poor houses any more?

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I see your point. - Dr.Vermin Jun 6, 10:22 18
- I see your point, too - unfortunately, I am violently repulsed by its inherent sociopathic evilness. - Beryllium Jun 6, 10:33 11 3
  - Have you ever noticed that the people who say "society doesn't owe *me* X" already have the X? and what they're really saying is they don't want to - mara Jun 6, 10:40 8
    - "doesn't have the x" - Stephen Jun 6, 11:01 5
      - People get hung up on "government." Humanity owes itself. -- nm - mara Jun 6, 11:14 3
        
        Exactly; Life doles out shit, but that doesn't mean that We The People have to sit there and take it. Services like Universal Healthcare are - Beryllium Jun 6, 11:16 2
        
        *gives you a free Red Bull* -- nm - Redmond Jun 6, 11:17 1
        
        I don't drink red bull, it's unhealthy. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 11:19
      - I would say -- nm - mara Jun 6, 11:13
    - The succinct saying is "I got mine so fuck you, buddy." -- nm - Reagen Jun 6, 10:46
    - Absolutely. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 10:44
  - Here is the deal. Until you have been screwed over by the system it's out of sight out of mind. I found out 3 years ago, and Amoxy is finding out - Redmond Jun 6, 10:36
  - *favourites this post* -- nm - zork Jun 6, 10:34
- Here is my problem. We have a broken health care system. Then people run up thousands of dollars in bills and file bankruptcy. - Redmond Jun 6, 10:27 1
  - taxes spread the cost much more evenly and fairly -- nm - zork Jun 6, 10:30
- as much as we talk about free health care in Canada, we know it comes from our taxes - Reagen Jun 6, 10:25 3
  - right, any health -- nm - zork Jun 6, 10:27 2
    - sfek, any health care we receive is something that we've already paid for (collectively). Anyway, if nobody ever footed the bill for someone else ... - zork Jun 6, 10:29 1
      - Our Country is so rich we provide Red Bull to our poor. Top that! -- nm - Redmond Jun 6, 10:30
Agreed. The cost to society to keep people healthy is far smaller than the cost to society when people are sick. - TWuG, First Apostle of our Lord and Savior Musubi. Jun 6, 10:21
Have we heard from eag this morning? -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 6, 10:19

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