Neverender
Jul 27, 2017 · 1 min read

Healthcare is reliant on the services of another person or entity — how is that a right? Healthcare is not a required job of any person, if no one learned or studied it, there would be no one to fulfill the service, so how can something be a right if it could hypothetically disappear?

I suppose it is a right if you mean that you should be able to treat and be responsible for your own health. Yes, you have that right. You have the right to pull your tooth, or apply a bandage, or splint your arm. You don’t have the right to another person’s time and income. You don’t have the right to turn them into your slave because you think you have a “right”.

You have the responsibility of avoiding circumstances that may lead to you needing a professional service. Accidents and emergencies happen, sometimes they’re unavoidable. Life isn’t fair. Fortunately societies often have services that deal with emergency care, but even they aren’t always accessible or available, especially in remote locations — they aren’t a right.

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