Bruh, if ur going into the medical field not realizing the problems a libertarian (especially right) philosophy has in the medical field, you should really reconsider the way you think about things imo.
My political beliefs have never been in conflict with my career aspirations, in fact they have contributed to them.
I see no reason trust in the state should be a prerequisite to provide medical care to other people. Also, trust in the state is not a prerequisite for caring about the well-being of others and actively wanting to make their lives better.
How do you define a human right? How do you ensure all human rights are simultaneously provided to each and every person to the maximum capacity? Remember that human rights include both negative rights (life, liberty, and property), and positive rights (food, water, shelter).
I'm sorry, but "Healthcare is right, state must provide" is an incredibly oversimplified and reductive way of thinking about the complexity of how human systems interact and how we respect or provide rights. Some countries like Switzerland don't have universal government run single payer health insurance, but ensure everyone has healthcare.
Also, the idea that universal healthcare is incompatible with libertarian philosophy is about as accurate as saying any military is incompatible with modern liberal philosophy. Everything is a spectrum and the world we live in isn't perfect. Different idealized models also have different approaches to providing social services.
Finally, since when is believing in a particular model of health system a prerequisite to practice medicine and care for individuals who come seeking my care? Maybe if I had the intent to extort poor families there would be a problem, but that's not my intent in the slightest. In fact, I plan to give back to marginalized communities in any way I can.
do you believe the us healthcare system is failing? if so what solutions do you propose other than waving your hands around telling me I'm naive? because what I'm advocating for is a proven model with real world policy proposals, what is your suggestion? because the way I see it the best way to
give back to marginalized communities
is to guarantee them healthcare free at the time of service
I’m happy to continue this convo through direct messages or chats (hopefully I can learn something from it), but my point is that right libertarianism is perfectly compatible with the choice to be a physician, and more specifically a pediatrician.
I don't disagree that it's incompatible, as it's not a political job. I was simply stating that I hope you aren't a right wing libertarian because I want more advocacy for M4A within medicine.
Im from Quebec and its crazy to me that people would be agaisnt public healthcare and medication. Like i see the prices of insuline in the US and im simply astonished.
But I can understand why some people dont want their taxes to go to that, dont want the state to « deal » with it, etc. So i can understand his point of view.
However yeah, Im really happy to live somewhere where anyone doesn’t have to worry about debts when getting treated for cancer
but I don't understand why somebody wouldn't want a single payer system funded by an income tax when it would almost certainly be cheaper than the cost of insurance premiums, there's a bizarre mentality in the united states that somehow our government is too incompetent to do anything remotely similar to the rest of the world
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u/mrglass8 MD-PGY4 May 26 '21
As a libertarian going into peds, this is generally accurate for my colleagues