Nimetic

Neither. IMHO. Mainly because I don't like the term "a right".

I would argue though that we have a moral duty to care (to a certain extent) for each other. And.... that this can make economic sense.

Lets take the case of a dirt poor single mother who is pregnant and starts to deliver a baby... as luck would have it, not only did the father run off, but she invested with some dodgy Wall street people (Bernie Madoff) who took her $. Even worse... she tries to deliver at home but the first limb to come out is a leg. Yeah the baby is wrong way around.

The baby has no money either.

With state funded care they may be ok. Without any assistance they have high risk of complications.

Surely it's worth having a state that takes care of this?

Now there's another end of the scale also. To me... only the stuff that enhances productivity or "life years" should be state funded. Most cosmetic procedures would be off the list.