Cops, teachers, and other public servants generally have excellent coverage. Where I work, you have to either have had continuous healthcare coverage prior to their insurance or pay without getting benefits for 6 months if you had sought treatment for a preexisting condition for the past year. This is the usual policy of PacifiCare, IIRC. I had a preexisting condition but I hadn’t seen the doctor in over a year. People who are self-employed or employed for a small company often cannot get coverage.
Actually yes, some people literally will be turned away by every company, or at best, charged tens of thousands per year to be insured (the average for a family of 4 is ~$16k). No, not everybody can afford that.
Not enough people will do it.
Speaking of fallacies, why is everybody appealing to the authority of Jefferson instead of arguing logically?
Again, we rely upon people who are compensated (not slaves) to protect the rights you actually believe in, so this has no bearing upon whether or not positive rights exist.
Under the idea that healthcare is a right, the government would be required to compensate doctors just as doctors are required to try to save somebody.
Obviously that is your opinion, but it cannot be logically based upon your first point.
I guess that depends on if they're rich or not. Isn't Bill Gates a democrat?
That's too bad. I never said the law was logical.
If you read the book, you would see that our government really does not function very well not necessarily because it is large or limited, but because it is poorly designed.
On capitalism, it’s not really what we have, but capitalism is useful for a country that values wealth like ours does. However, it must be regulated and some sectors do not function well under a pure profit motive. This is especially true of health insurance.
Feel free to present it.
Right now it might be a good idea, as Congress and the Bush Administration failed to approve extra funding that the VHA obviously needed due to the Iraq and Afghan wars. But I assume you read the link and it proved my point.
America is the worst on medical errors and costs in general:
U.S. Health Care Most Expensive & Most Error Prone
Um, all of the social positions I mentioned were libertarian and not all were liberal. People who care more about fiscal issues, such as this one, generally call me a liberal though, as I’m fiscally liberal.