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What's with the "right" to healthcare thing lately? Are we going to enslave the world's doctors? I would be happy to help my neighbors buy healthcare, provided I can ensure they are doing their part taking care of themselves and we are getting a fair price. No slavery though plz.

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Jesse Powell

@jespow

Nov 20, 2019

Where do you draw the line? There are billions of people abroad without any form of healthcare. Whose responsibility are they? Should we in the developed world bankrupt ourselves to finance the costly healthcare of the entire planet?

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Jesse Powell

@jespow

Then it’s not a right. It’s a perk that comes with a membership to a club. Nation states don’t provide healthcare. People provide healthcare. I’m all for an opt-in group health insurance scheme. Just not down to force doctors to provide care if they don’t want to.

8:44 AM · Nov 20, 2019Twitter for iPhone

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Bill for surgery for a broken arm in a first class hospital with Western trained doctors in Australia = $0. Cost for my friend who broke her arm in Hawaii on holiday requiring the same surgery = $23,000 charged to her insurance.

So, what you're saying is: *You* are entitled to other people's money to pay for *your* medical bills? Someone has to pay for it.

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