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allaboutmusic · 08-21-2009, 03:18 PM

I was going to say that it seems wrong to me that someone in prison should have the right to basic healthcare that someone poor outside of prison doesn't. But I suppose the same argument could be made about a bed to sleep on and food to eat.

I think it's a right. I'm happy for my taxes to go towards saving lives and improving the health of others. Whatever is said about the National Health Service here in the UK, I have made use of it when I needed it, and it is nice to know that it's there and available to me if I should need it again.

I do think that there should be some weighting towards personal responsibility... for example, if there is limited availability of cancer treatment, then I think it's fair to favour the patient who has given up smoking.

08-21-2009, 03:18 PM	#10 (permalink)
allaboutmusic Aurally Fixated	I was going to say that it seems wrong to me that someone in prison should have the right to basic healthcare that someone poor outside of prison doesn't. But I suppose the same argument could be made about a bed to sleep on and food to eat. I think it's a right. I'm happy for my taxes to go towards saving lives and improving the health of others. Whatever is said about the National Health Service here in the UK, I have made use of it when I needed it, and it is nice to know that it's there and available to me if I should need it again. I do think that there should be some weighting towards personal responsibility... for example, if there is limited availability of cancer treatment, then I think it's fair to favour the patient who has given up smoking.