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In reply to the discussion: IF YOU BELIEVE UNIVERSAL SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE IS A RIGHT CHECK IN! [View all]Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)45. I should be, but there are no "rights" unless you win them and can keep them. nt
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IF YOU BELIEVE UNIVERSAL SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE IS A RIGHT CHECK IN! [View all]
gopiscrap
Aug 2013
OP
absolutely. Single payer health care, free education for all, and living wages!!!!
liberal_at_heart
Aug 2013
#1
Yes, quite rhetorical. Nothing like a person dying for care that brings out the deep thoughts.
Safetykitten
Aug 2013
#33
Self-evidently it currently *isn't* a right in the USA at present, but I think it probably should be
Donald Ian Rankin
Aug 2013
#8
I don't think it's a right, but I do think enlightened societies should provide that
Pretzel_Warrior
Aug 2013
#9
Plan E--get the bloodsuckers out: just patients, providers, and Medicare, the way everyone likes it
MisterP
Aug 2013
#18
We had a big grocery strike in California a few years ago over health care....
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2013
#23
Some of the replies here are HILARIOUS! Well, when you think about it...uh...in a classical sense...
Safetykitten
Aug 2013
#28
I just don't believe it will ever happen. The greed is to entrenched in the for profit health
SammyWinstonJack
Aug 2013
#29
Yes. And the UPS decision brings us closer to a national consensus that we need single payer
JDPriestly
Aug 2013
#34
The more businesses that drop health insurance, the more people will recognize the universal need.nm
rhett o rick
Aug 2013
#157
Maybe not a "right" but a feature of a "first world" nation. The USA is not a first world nation.
hunter
Aug 2013
#38
I should be, but there are no "rights" unless you win them and can keep them. nt
Demo_Chris
Aug 2013
#45
if health care reform were serious, insurance at least would have been converted to non-profit
yurbud
Aug 2013
#65
If we can't afford to educate our children, to heal our sick or care for our elderly ...
Scuba
Aug 2013
#70
Health care and having good health is a right that everyone in this country must have,
bluestate10
Aug 2013
#72
Universal health care is a right. Single payer insurance is one of many ways to achieve it.
Recursion
Aug 2013
#87
Exactly. Whether you use single payer or a national health service like in the UK or
pampango
Aug 2013
#155
As my wife says: WITHOUT our health how the HELL do we Pursuit Life Liberty and Happiness?
diabeticman
Aug 2013
#91
I'M IN .. So how are we going to make this happen. Medicare does not pay for every cost.
YOHABLO
Aug 2013
#116
I just don't understand how we don't have at least 95% of Americans for universal health care?
Dustlawyer
Aug 2013
#144
Good thing we all voted for a POTUS who at least supports a Public Option!
NorthCarolina
Aug 2013
#146
UNIVERSAL SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE IS the only way our country survives the next 50 years
Vincardog
Aug 2013
#169
Kick for a civilized society where 'national security' actually means protecting American lives
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#182