Health Care is a right

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I would do a poll on this, but I do not know how to - or maybe you need to be a premium member.

At any rate, I would like to hear some discussion on whether you feel health care is a right or not.

I personally do.

HEALTH PLAN TO COMPENSATE CONSUMERS AND HOSPITALS FOR ILLEGALLY DENIED CLAIMS

Blue Cross to Review More Than 25,000 Emergency Room Claims: http://www.oag.state.ny.us/press/2001/jul/jul26a_01.html

State fines Blue Cross $200,000: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/09/22/BUGF1LA7D41.DTL&type=business

...I had a necessary surgery denied by Blue Cross. I personally paid the Columbia Missouri based provider to protect my credit. I sent my case through the MO State Dept. of Insurance which ruled that the claim was denied incorrectly and finally(after two years) Blue Cross paid their share....: http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/articles/2007/06/28/news/news3.txt

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If it isn't a right then perhaps we should start trading it on the NASDAQ.... oh wait thats already happening.

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I certainly believe health care should be a right not a privilege. Every American citizen should not have to make a career choice based on what type of health benefits they will receive or decide on whether they should go to the doctor because of fears of financial burdens.

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Is health care a fundamental human right regardless of ones' finances?

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It should be !!!!!

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Very clear & most succinct, check out this clip...The best argument for health care reform I've heard.

Share it with others, please!!!

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Specializes in Geriatrics.

Of course it is. Everyone has the right to health care, regardless of what politians may think.

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Specializes in cardiac, ortho, med surg, oncology.

Universal access to quality health care is the only humane and civilized approach we should expect from a wealthy, industrialized nation.

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I think everybody should have access to quality health care. The one thing I think people should have to cover themselves would be diseases that they brought upon themselves (drug/alcohol abuse).

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Specializes in Geriatrics.
I think everybody should have access to quality health care. The one thing I think people should have to cover themselves would be diseases that they brought upon themselves (drug/alcohol abuse).

Your statement ignores the reality that people tend to be alcoholics or drug addicts due to an underlying mental illness. That's hardly "bringing it upon themselves".

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