My tl;dr: Many said no. A right to health care sounded like a demand to pay for others’ needs, when they don’t have enough for their own. /1
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In America, working people w $3000 deductibles can be bankrupted while paying taxes for poorer people to get free Medicaid w $0 copays. /2
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It triggers bitter feelings over who is deserving and who is not – i.e., who is valued and who is not. /3
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But nearly all supported Medicare. Why? Because it’s less about a right than: We all contribute and we all benefit as equals. /4
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Friend wrote to note: the fight for marriage rights (what you must give me) irked; the fight for marriage equality (what we share) won. /5
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Points the way forward: the fight is less for health care rights than for health care equality -- insuring all lives have equal worth. /6
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ACA growing support as it helps working class w equal protections for pre-existing conditions, under 26 coverage, limits on cost-sharing. /7
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But I saw: Dems still lack trust that they value the lives and voices of the working class equally. That trust must be built. /8
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My bet: trust grows w showing ways people, over an 85+ yr life, can contribute and benefit more equally for basic needs like health /End
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I've noticed the same resentment towards fraud - real or perceived - that perversely results in folks acting against their own interest.
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People are so upset by deviant behavior - often overblown or exaggerated by reports - that they will cut their nose to spite their face.
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These narratives stoke authoritarian impulses. People will elect abusive, intrusive or draconian govt to punish the perceived ingrates.
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We need a more mature discussion that policy should be made for the rule - hard working honest people - and not for the exception - fraud.
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And we need to be realistic that in a free, liberal democracy you have to tolerate some deviance. The cost of stamping it out is too high.
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A better question might be, do we have a duty to provide medical care to our citizens?
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What if it were phrased : How would you like YOUR tax dollars spent? Betcha most folks pick healthcare pretty high on the priority list.
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Closely related.
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Healthcare is not a right. It is a public good, much like utilities & clean water. And - much like that - we should make it avail to all
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Yes. "…These necessities can be provided only through collective effort and shared costs." Quote from the article. Central to success.
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Conservatives in other Western nations don’t struggle with this question at all. It’s a given. It’s what we SHOULD spend tax dollars on.
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Exactly, This article is wordy BS&blather and
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I don’t think it’s blather. I just don’t think a “rights” argument is the correct approach.
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As h'care provider turned h'care activist, I AGREE! "Rights" talk keeps muddied the muddied waters while h'care corporates run us into ruin
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