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Originally Posted by yudalicious
...on a slight tangent, I have no idea where people started getting the idea that health care is a right and how some people in this country think that socialized healthcare means free healthcare... nothing's ever free...
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Although you didn't specifically state it, I'm guessing you're referring the Constitution when you made that statement. In which case, I'd remind you that the fine gentlemen who created that document lived in a time when bleeding was a considered a legitimate medical practice.
The concept of a modern health care
system would have been completely alien to them.
How could they be expected to address a subject that hadn't even been discovered yet?
Besides, "
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" are unalienable rights.
For anyone that wants an overview of health care systems around the world I'd recommend watching
PBS FRONTLINE: Sick Around the World