In USA, Health Care a Privilege, Not a Right
In the Bill of Rights of the Soviet Union, they were honest about health care – it states that “citizens of the USSR have the right to health protection.” This document also stipulated Soviet citizens have the “right to work” not longer than 41 hours in a workweek, the “right to rest and leisure,” the “right to education,” the “right to enjoy cultural benefits.” (Source) To find out how well this worked out for the Soviets, try reading Dr. Yuri Maltsev’s article “What Soviet Medicine Teaches Us.” Even today, Russia’s life expectancy for males is just 59 years, while in the US it is 73 years.
No matter which way the US debate over health care goes, medical services will still cost too much and care for too few. Over 45 million Americans are uninsured or underinsured. Those living in poverty exhibit the worst health status. Employment, education, income, and race are important factors in a person’s ability to acquire healthcare access. Having established that there are people lacking healthcare access due to multi-factorial etiologies, the question arises as to whether the intervention necessary to assist them in obtaining such access should be considered a privilege, or a right. The right to healthcare access is examined from the perspective of Western thought.
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq9rcslbXIE&feature=fvsr
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Why not take Sweden or Denmark or Germany, all countries that have a higher life expectancy rate than the US and all countries where the general citizenry consider good health care a right and all countries where there is a maximum working week and various other worker protections.
this is why people from all over the world come to the US to become doctors and not socialist countrys like denmark,sweden or russia
Gee, I thought the Bill of Rights talks about life. I guess the definition of life, according to the conservatives and libertarians, doesn’t include the health care needed to stay alive.
it’s your responabilty to pay for your health care . not mine i pay for me. the entitlement mentalily shocks me . you should try reading the BILL OF RIGHTS again. because you missed the point