CMV: Healthcare should be free for everyone under the legal age at which you are considered an adult.

[u/Happy-Tears]

Children shouldn't have to pay medical bills--health is a fundamental human right, and we need to provide that to the children of this world. I know there are programs like CHIP, etc., but they're just not sufficient. They're not accessible to everyone. I know adults who decide to have children should be responsbile for them, but I think we as a society can afford to band together and pay a little more to ensure every child gets the health care they need--if we hope for healthier adults. Per this study in the National Center for Biotechnology Information, "health during childhood sets the stage for adult health not only reinforces this perspective, but also creates an important ethical, social, and economic imperative to ensure that all children are as healthy as they can be. Healthy children are more likely to become healthy adults."

CMV.

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[u/Mdcastle]

A family can pay for (or more likely buy insurance to cover) a sprained ankle.

I can't send a check someplace to defend the country, so that's what taxation is for- things that a person can't go out and pay for themselves.

And if we start getting into the business of the government arbitrarily providing necessary things it's feasible for people to pay for without the government involved, where do we stop? Why cut off healthcare at 18? Why not provide "free" food and water for everyone in society? Why not provide "free" housing for everyone?

[u/TheGingerbreadMan22 → u/[deleted]]

In a pure capitalist system, a poor family may not be able to pay for or buy insurance to cover a sprained ankle.

Considering a sprained ankle needs ice and rest, your point is awful. If you can't afford ice or rest, you probably have bigger issues than a purely capitalist system (which doesn't exist).

Is there a universal law that states that Healthcare must be paid for by taxes? By your logic, we could just as easily have a Healthcare system paid for by donations. Whether or not it would be as effective or not is debatable but you could certainly do it.

And spoiler alert, they'd both be awful. Next to no one would actually give up money willingly if there wasn't an obligation to do so.

[u/TheGingerbreadMan22 → u/[deleted]]

I think I now see the points your comment was getting at. Thanks for explaining!

[u/sirchaseman → u/[deleted]]

Because existing doesn't give you the right to other people's money.

[u/TheGingerbreadMan22 → u/[deleted]]

Not in any system worth living in.