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Originally Posted by smax
You are the one who came in stating health care is a fundamental right, not my fault that it's not. If calling it a shade of grey makes you feel better by all means but until there is an amendment in the Bill of Rights, granting free health care to all Americans, you're wrong.
It's a moral issue not a rights issue and the government has no place pushing morality on it's citizens, do they try? you bet but that doesn't make it right and being in this business you should be firmly against that.
As for your claim about how "The rest of the world is doing it", you must not be to familiar with Americans as we like to buck the trend and do things our own way, it's been like that since 1776
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I don't really give a toss what it's called - that's just semantics. I also don't give a shit what the US Bill of Rights says - that never was a guide to healthcare.
Who said anything about government "pushing morality on it's citizens"?? Not me. Don't tell me how to think next because I am "in this business" - it matters little what I think - the issue of healthcare has already been decided upon by almost all other western nations, - not by you or me.
Mmmm.. to be honest I also don't give a shit about how "Americans like to buck the trend" - that's not my problem. It is apparently yours. I don't care what the US does - it's not my business unless it gets in my face. The only issue which did affect me was having to pay for my US friends medical bills because the system failed miserably.
The core issue has nothing to do with the US Bill of Rights or "bucking trends" or "opinions". It relates entirely to providing accessible healthcare - you either have this or not.