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Originally Posted by roachboy
basic health care is a fundamental human right, it seems to me.
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An individual's right holds power so long as it does not violate another's rights. I have a right to exchange goods and services with an employer who wishes to employ me. Part of that is healthcare coverage. To force me to a) use, b) pay for someone else's healthcare violates my rights as an individual. Universal healthcare should be a voluntarily-entered-into system supported by voluntary tax-deductible contributions.
My first amendment right to assembly does not give me the right to assemble in my neighbor's living room, because that violates his rights. Don't succumb to the temptation to be lazy and sacrifice one person's rights for another.