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Old 04-09-2008, 10:46 PM   #48 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by fxashun View Post
Health care is an individual issue. Roads, schools, building are shared by the community. Huge difference.
do you think that;

hospitals are NOT shared by the community?

medical issues like infectious diseases and mental illness never affect anyone else?

people without children share the service offered by the local school?

people without cars share the road?

why limit individual responsibility to health care? ask the parents to pay for their kids school, why should you pay for it? ask the neighbor to pay for the police attendance when he is broken into, why should you pay? and if you do not drive a car, why should you help support the roads?

everyone in society benefits from having everyone else literate and educated. everyone benefits from having roads in good condition. everyone benefits from policing and law enforcement. and you agree (i think) the community needs to support these services. health care fits in with these services. you benefit from your neighbor being healthy, and your friends and family benefit from your dialysis. sure it affects you individually, but it affects others too.