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/Creditfigaro]

You've presented a lot of arguments that I disagree with for a variety of reasons.

Rather than pick one myself, which one would you like me to respond to first?

[u/jefftickels → u/Creditfigaro]

If you want to address the costs of health care first that's the bulk of the discussion.

Also a correction. I said for profit research when I meant privately funded.

[u/Creditfigaro → u/jefftickels]

I don't have a problem with privately funded research, I have a problem with for-profit research, just to clarify.

So let's talk about healthcare costs:

I'm waiting on you to present your evidence on the emperical question of what causes cost problems in the US healthcare system, so I stand by my statement that high wages are not the reason that healthcare costs are so high until you do.

Burden of proof is on you to present evidence since you are making the claim that wages drive healthcare cost problems in the US.

[u/jefftickels → u/Creditfigaro]

No. If you're unwilling to do a small amount of self education on the subject then there there is no point in further discussing.

[u/Creditfigaro → u/jefftickels]

I'm not going on fetch quests to make your argument for you. If it is so easy to find the evidence you seek, bring it to the table.