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   XPost: talk.politics.libertarian   
   From: fred@fredwilliams.ca   
      
   On Monday 09 June 2008 13:04, JCrowe wrote:   
      
   > Ron Peterson wrote:   
   >> On Jun 9, 12:21 am, Aardvark  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>  health care is not a right because it violates the rights of those   
   >>> who do not want to have money extorted from the to pay for say, an   
   >>> emergency room visit for someone with medicaid and a headcold or   
   >>> strep throat.   
   >>   
   >> So,  if someone finds you unconscious on the side of the road, you   
   >> should be left to die?   
   >   
   >     Do you know the meaning of non sequitur? Free individuals can   
   > help people in distress and for the record, most do. It's a matter   
   > of free choice...imagine that.   
   >   
           Not very good.  Most "free individuals" haven't the foggiest clue what   
   to do in a medical emergency.  Everyday people can't take the time to   
   get the medical training and stay current with their skills.  You just   
   don't have the time and it's rare that we run into the problem.  It   
   doesn't justify the effort.   
           So what do we do?  We train a few people and have them run medical   
   services for everybody and we pay them, because sooner or later we'll   
   all need them.  Since we'll all need them eventually, it only makes   
   sense to share the cost and by spreading it around evenly and if we   
   want to make sure that everybody gets included, we call it a right.   
   Health care is a right, because it makes sense to caring people and the   
   vast majority of us are caring people and in a democracy, the majority   
   rules.   
      
   --   
   Peace,   
   Fred   
      
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