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Originally Posted by ButteBlues  Free health care is not bad at all.
How about if you unfortunately develop cancer, and due to your weakened status as a result of the chemotherapy, you lose your job, and hence, your only way to pay for further treatment. Should you be left to suffer, or do you think you have a right to be treated? |
I'm divided on this issue; on the one hand, free health care sounds wonderful, but on the flip side, do I have an obligation to pay for your treatment if you befall some unfortunate circumstances? It's a little clearer in the cigarette/lung cancer example, but it's the same principle. While it may seem a little cold-hearted, I'm not sure if it's the government's job to forcefully reallocate resources from the rich to the poor. If I worked my ass off to earn more money than the next guy, why do I have to pay for my own healthcare
and his?
I'm not much of a socialist.