r/LinkedInLunatics 2d ago

Healthcare is not a human right

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u/MCGaming1991 2d ago

Maybe it should be argued it should be a constitutional right, but if it’s a human right, what do we force doctors to treat people? That world sounds just as dystopian

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u/GeekShallInherit 2d ago

what do we force doctors to treat people?

That's not how that works.

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u/Niarbeht 2d ago

To explain to the people who don’t know:

A lot of other countries hire doctors and other medical staff to work for the government. These doctors treat people. They practice medicine for the benefit of everyone in the country, and in many countries don’t charge the patients anything directly for the service provided. These same countries also have doctors who open private practices where people are free to go to pay for medical care, if they want to.

It’s not hard to figure out.

The difference between large insurance companies and government healthcare is a sudden lack of executives leeching out the money you pay in while refusing to pay for contractually-obligated services in the hopes that you’ll die before the lawsuits go anywhere.