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Originally Posted by woj
Engaging in philosophical discussion is fun, everyone agrees that health care is a right, everyone that doesn't is a sack of shit, etc...
until the discussion enters the real world and someone brings up the question: "so who will pay for it?"
Would you be willing to pay extra for everyone to have access to free health care? Lets say extra few hundred bucks per month over what you already pay to cover those less fortunate, those unable to afford health care?
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I agree with you that who will pay is an issue, especially when small businesses are going to be forced to either fire their workers or pay usurious insurance prices (simply 100% no deductible paying for their workers' healthcare won't do.)
But it is a misnomer to say the debate is about healthcare. In countries not dominated by private insurers, healthcare doesn't cost as much as it does in the US.
People will talk about needing insurance because they need a $50k operation, when that is the same price as 5 years of insurance. Can't afford a $50k operation means can't afford $10k a year for insurance.