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Or we could just make healthcare a human right. No debt at all.

• mullingitover 7y ago
  Oh, you're preaching to the choir, but I'm not optimistic about our country's chances of doing the right thing. If we're not going to follow the successful examples we've been presented with (because it's socialism! /s), and we're going to have capitalism, then we should have capitalism and engage in transactions where both parties have complete knowledge.
  • devmunchies 7y ago
    > and we're going to have capitalism, then we should have capitalism and engage in transactions where both parties have complete knowledge That's not capitalism, that's free market. You can have a free market by bartering chickens, you don't need capital for that.
• AlexTWithBeard 7y ago
  It's an interesting question. Health care is a human right. Therefore it must be free. A prompt and fair trial is also a human right. Therefore legal help must be free. Moving around, staying warm and basic hygiene - a lot of stuff sound like basic human rights, but very few argue that transportation, heating and sewer draining services should be free. I think most people around don't mind paying for the service. They just want the prices to be reasonable and predictable.
  • wetpaws 7y ago
    I don't see any contradiction in what you are saying. Yes, they are rights and should be free. They are not right now, but that's because we are operating in a world of a limited resources, but not because it is a right state of thing.