Do you have a right to healthcare?

2017-01-13T19:06:48-05:00

The lines have been drawn and the battle is being joined. The Democrats used their majority to give healthcare to the most sympathetic Americans, the one suffering the most debilitating and dangerous diseases and afflictions. The Republicans are taking it away, or so the argument goes. Did the Democrats really give them anything or was it just a promise that couldn't be fulfilled? Are the Republicans taking it away or simply acknowledging the lie behind the promise?

Most who are struggling with costly disease and afflictions argue that We the People have a right to healthcare. Well, they may as well stop arguing. Of course, everyone has a right to healthcare. The real question is do we have the right to free healthcare?

We have the right of free speech, to assemble peacefully, to bear arms. Does that obligate anyone to pay for these things. Must others pay for my Internet access so that I can voice my opinion? Must others pay for my bus ticket to Washington so that I can participate in a demonstration in front of the White House? Must others pay for my weapons and ammunition so that I can defend myself with them? Of course not. So where does the right to healthcare imply that someone else has to pay for it?

Response by LTC Greg Henning made Jan 13 at 2017 7:10 PM

2017-01-13T19:10:47-05:00

The next four years are going to be a wild ride!

Response by TSgt David L. made Jan 13 at 2017 7:12 PM

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Actually we have been ordered to have health care, under penalty of fines.

Response by LTC Nancy Bodyk (Retired) made Jan 13 at 2017 8:45 PM

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It needs to be affordable and so do medical costs.

You don't have a right to Social Security or Medicare either, but you get it because you pay for them out of every paycheck.

Response by Maj John Bell made Jan 13 at 2017 8:47 PM

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A person exercising one of their rights requires no support from another, beyond tolerance. If you must pay taxes to pay a doctor to provide me with medical care, you are extending a privilege or government benefit to me.

No a person does not have an inalienable right to healthcare.

Response by SSG Roger Ayscue made Jan 13 at 2017 11:28 PM

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NOT to FREE Healthcare that we force the taxpayers, or simply other people from that same insurance carrier who will pay higher premiums because the Preexisting Condition requirement is nothing more than ordering the insurance company to pay for treatment that they know from day one is going to possibly run into the millions of dollars.
It is tantamount to robbery. I say return to what we had before including the LOWER premiums, and then let people make their choice. If they choose a boat over health insurance, then that is not my problem.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 13 at 2017 11:37 PM

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This is where the libertarian in my starts having problems with the socialist in me.

We don't have a right to healthcare. No one deserves to be treated for their afflictions simply for being alive. To expect others to pay for that through government force leaves a bad taste in my mouth. But at the same time, a society should be able to look after the healthcare of its people. There's no reason why we can have all of these taxes and not use it to leverage better, affordable, or even free healthcare for society.

The right to live is a human right we should all support right along side speech. Extending the lives of others should be something we should all support. Should we all be forced to pay for the life extensions of others we'd rather not? I don't know. I tend to think so.

Response by MCPO Roger Collins made Jan 14 at 2017 10:19 AM

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What? Do you mean this didn't pass?

The Second Bill of Rights is a list of rights that was proposed by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his State of the Union Address on January 11, 1944.[1] In his address, Roosevelt suggested that the nation had come to recognize and should now implement, a second "bill of rights." Roosevelt's argument was that the "political rights" guaranteed by the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights had "proved inadequate to assure us equality in the pursuit of happiness." His remedy was to declare an "economic bill of rights" to guarantee eight specific rights:

Employment (right to work)
Food, clothing, and leisure by enough income to support them
Farmers' rights to a fair income
Freedom from unfair competition and monopolies
Housing
Medical care
Social security
Education
Roosevelt stated that having such rights would guarantee American security, and that the U.S. place in the world depended upon how far the rights had been carried into practice.

Response by Joseph Brod made May 28 at 2024 7:43 AM

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Response by CPO Nate S. made Oct 13 at 2024 5:56 PM

2024-10-13T17:56:08-04:00

Jack, agreed!