Miss USA: Health Care Is a Privilege, Not a Right...

[seer]

Of course now she is getting all kinds of grief. But where on earth does this idea of health care being a "right" come from? Certainly not the Constitution.

Miss USA Says Health Care Is a Privilege, Not a Right

Newly crowned Miss USA Kara McCullough raised the ire of the Internet with her answer to a question about health care during Sunday night’s pageant.

The 25-year-old former Miss District of Columbia, a physical scientist at the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, according to CNN, was asked during the Las Vegas pageant’s question-and-answer section if “affordable health care for all U.S. citizens is a right or a privilege.”

Her reply is what sent people to social media. “I’m definitely going to say it’s a privilege,” she said. “As a government employee, I am granted health care, and I see firsthand that for one to have health care, you have to have jobs.”

“So therefore, we need to continue to cultivate this environment that we’re given the opportunity to have health care as well as jobs to all American citizens worldwide,” she continued.


https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/miss-us...152055939.html

[Meh Gerbil]

Finally!
I've been waiting for Miss America to weigh in on this thing.

[Sparko]

Is the internet a right or a privilege?

[Zymologist]

If the "right" to healthcare means the state provides, then why doesn't the right to bear arms mean the state has to buy me guns?

[Sparko]

If the "right" to healthcare means the state provides, then why doesn't the right to bear arms mean the state has to buy me guns?

Good point. I would like them to send me a 9MM Glock and an AR15.

[guacamole]

I'm good with it being a right. If we can take care of people, we ought to. It's kind of a de facto right at this point, since it's not like the hospital's gonna turn you away from the emergency room if you show up with a bleeder. The point for me is that if it's a right, then is it one that we should be bankrupted for enjoying.

fwiw,
guacamole

[Sparko]

I'm good with it being a right. If we can take care of people, we ought to. It's kind of a de facto right at this point, since it's not like the hospital's gonna turn you away from the emergency room if you show up with a bleeder. The point for me is that if it's a right, then is it one that we should be bankrupted for enjoying.

fwiw,
guacamole

You are right! Doctors and hospitals should not charge money to heal people. That is holding lives hostage for greed. They should be forced to heal people for free and be thankful for the opportunity! After all, they SAY they went into healthcare to help people, right? Why should they get rich doing it? Pure greed.

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[rogue06]

Good point. I would like them to send me a 9MM Glock and an AR15.

I could use a Armalite AR-50. A neighbor down the street has been playing his music real loud lately.

[guacamole]

You are right! Doctors and hospitals should not charge money to heal people. That is holding lives hostage for greed. They should be forced to heal people for free and be thankful for the opportunity! After all, they SAY they went into healthcare to help people, right? Why should they get rich doing it? Pure greed.

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They can get rich doin' it all they want. All I'm arguing is that their "greed," if that's what it is (or ambition, or professional pride, or whatnot), shouldn't damn people to bankruptcy if they can't afford medical treatment. That's the point of universal coverage. There's a way to take care of everyone, even the ambitious and financially motivated.

fwiw,
g-unit.

[Meh Gerbil]

Why should health care be free over any other service?
People need food, water, and shelter to live so maybe all those should be provided by the government too?

[guacamole]

Why should health care be free over any other service?
People need food, water, and shelter to live so maybe all those should be provided by the government too?

At least not in Flint.

[Darth Executor]

Why should health care be free over any other service?
People need food, water, and shelter to live so maybe all those should be provided by the government too?

That's actually not a bad idea. Guaranteeing some property for everybody would go a long way towards fixing economic issues and would be part of my economic revamp package if I was running for president.

[Mountain Man]

Of course now she is getting all kinds of grief. But where on earth does this idea of health care being a "right" come from?

If healthcare is a right then in the event of a doctor shortage, the government is obligated to force people to become doctors in order to not deprive people of their rights.

Can a liberal explain this to me?

[Sparko]

They can get rich doin' it all they want. All I'm arguing is that their "greed," if that's what it is (or ambition, or professional pride, or whatnot), shouldn't damn people to bankruptcy if they can't afford medical treatment. That's the point of universal coverage. There's a way to take care of everyone, even the ambitious and financially motivated.

fwiw,
g-unit.

Well to make healthcare a right, it would have to be paid for by the government. Why should we have to pay extra so doctors can have Ferrari's if the government is going to foot the bill through our taxes? We should maximize our tax dollars by minimizing their salaries. If we go to a single payer system, then hospitals and doctors will become federal employees. I don't see my mail man driving a Ferrari. Why should my doctor?

[firstfloor]

Of course now she is getting all kinds of grief. But where on earth does this idea of health care being a "right" come from? Certainly not the Constitution.

Any country needs to consider whether it is economically beneficial that its citizens are healthy. It’s a no brainer really. After that it is just a matter of how to provide and pay for a basic level of healthcare for all citizens.