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Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon
and borne by whom?
I thought it was an interesting question, but the responsibility option gave McCain a nice out. No one wants to say that healthcare is a privilege. (Well, no one except Archaea.)
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I don't understand that option either. Presumably, that means it is a responsibility of the government to ensure that people have health care. If so, from whence is that responsibility derived? It would almost have to follow that it stems from the right of the people to have health care.
Alternatively, perhaps he meant that it is a responsibility of each person to ensure they have health care, but that does little to address the millions of people who would love to get health care, but can't possibly afford it, or who can't get health care because of a pre-existing condition. Are they shirking their responsibility because it isn't within the realm of possibility for them to obtain proper insurance?