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Re: Why Universal Healthcare is wrong; A discussion for my liberal/progressive friend
Soldiers are obligated to protect our rights via defense. Without them we would have been defeated long ago and have no rights. Our Constitution says we have the right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness. I would say it's Constitutional to enforce the right of life by having healthcare accessible to everyone. You pay an insurance company to essentially do the same thing as a government with universal healthcare. They take your money and give it to someone else on the policy who is sick. We are obligated to pay taxes, we have a right to drive on taxpayer funded roads. We have a right to justice through taxpayer funded courts and police force. All these things confer upon individuals the obligation to pay taxes, universal health care is no different.
A right cannot confer obligation on another for you to exercise said right. UHC is enforced obligation to others. And that is wrong.
Soldiers are obligated to protect our rights via defense. Without them we would have been defeated long ago and have no rights. Our Constitution says we have the right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness. I would say it's Constitutional to enforce the right of life by having healthcare accessible to everyone. You pay an insurance company to essentially do the same thing as a government with universal healthcare. They take your money and give it to someone else on the policy who is sick. We are obligated to pay taxes, we have a right to drive on taxpayer funded roads. We have a right to justice through taxpayer funded courts and police force. All these things confer upon individuals the obligation to pay taxes, universal health care is no different.