Comments on: Health Care and Morality http://thinkmuch.com/blog/archives/2008/02/23/health-care-and-morality/ ramblings of a philomathic polymath Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:18:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Alex http://thinkmuch.com/blog/archives/2008/02/23/health-care-and-morality/#comment-15522 Alex Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:36:12 +0000 http://thinkmuch.com/blog/archives/2008/02/23/health-care-and-morality/#comment-15522 I can not understand at what point people in America (and in this world in general) began to believe that "health care" was a human right, and especially, that the necessary services should be provided by the state and of course, paid for by others? With that logic, I am supposed to believe that if I decide or accidentally have a child, that you, my neighbor, and other strangers I don't know are responsible for it's health care needs. This knowledge actually gives me an incentive to have more children as it is no additional cost to me, and it encourages me to be less of a responsible parent and adult since if my child becomes unhealthy, I know it will be of no additional cost to me to heal my child. Just because you are born, does not enslave me by forcing me to care for you. I can not stand the notion of a nationalized health care simply for that logical reasoning. But don't even get me started about the practical realities of a system like that and the freedoms you have to give up to let the concerns of the collective rise above yours. No thanks! I can not understand at what point people in America (and in this world in general) began to believe that “health care” was a human right, and especially, that the necessary services should be provided by the state and of course, paid for by others?

With that logic, I am supposed to believe that if I decide or accidentally have a child, that you, my neighbor, and other strangers I don’t know are responsible for it’s health care needs. This knowledge actually gives me an incentive to have more children as it is no additional cost to me, and it encourages me to be less of a responsible parent and adult since if my child becomes unhealthy, I know it will be of no additional cost to me to heal my child.

Just because you are born, does not enslave me by forcing me to care for you. I can not stand the notion of a nationalized health care simply for that logical reasoning. But don’t even get me started about the practical realities of a system like that and the freedoms you have to give up to let the concerns of the collective rise above yours. No thanks!

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