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Originally Posted by irateplatypus
the moral argument for national healthcare is even weaker. healthcare isn't a right. you have no "right" to go to the doctor. if a person's kid is sick... they have absolutely no right to take money from another person to pay the bills.
nationalized healthcare is essentially forcing one person to pay for another's responsibilities under threat of imprisonment.
can anyone make a serious case for justifying this? i'm not saying people shouldn't help one another out... but is it a proper function of goverment to force people to do it?
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Great point.
I think that's a very legitamate question a person has to ask themselves. Would you be willing to put a gun to someone's head or throw them in prison to make them pay for your healthcare or the healthcare of a loved one. It sounds crazy, but that's essentially what you are doing by having government enforce a national healthcare policy or enforcing any policy for that matter.
For me, the answer is no. I cannot support a national healthcare program.
Another question, does anyone who supports a national healthcare program deny that you are basically forcing someone else to pay you by using the threat of imprisonment?