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Jesse Powell
@jespow
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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Steve Wilson
@Steve_Lockstep
That’s a bizarre frame. Actually many societies provide publicly-funded healthcare — from individual medicos (doctors and nurses, allied health ...) through to institutions — freely or near-freely available to all. What slavery? Public health is for the health of the public.
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Jesse Powell
@jespow
You mean that there are volunteers inside of a community who offer their professional services for free? I don't doubt that. Sounds like a great place to live.
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Jesse Powell
@jespow
Oh, so it's not free. The club perks management co. ("government") charges all the club members a fee and uses the fees collected to buy healthcare for the club members. Glad to hear that the club's members don't force doctors to unwillingly provide healthcare for free.
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Steve Wilson
@Steve_Lockstep
We could have an argument about taxation (which will involve me asking if you’ve ever driven on a public road or had to call the cops). But that’s boring; I won’t bother you with that. But I remain utterly perplexed by your framing of healthcare rights as enslaving anyone.
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