[hpoe]

Well I don't think it is a human right for the simple reason that medical care is technically a limited resource.l, there is not an infinite supply of doctors or medicine there is a limited supply no matter what that theoretical limit is.

Ergo it can't be a human right because it is limited, a right is something that everyone should have.

Also what do we mean by "healthcare" is it anyone should be allowed to have any medical procedure they want whenever they want it? I ask because by simply having access to penicillin, aspirin, benedryl and ibeprofun you now have better healthcare than any person in human history that lived before the 1950s. So when we say healthcare is a human right we really need to define what we mean by healthcare.

I also want to make clear I in no way support the insurance companies or hospitals as I think they are all greedy filthy parasites, and have been in constant combat with them for years, but I also don't understand how any rational person can justify the comment that healthcare is a human right.

[avgDev]

"Healthcare" as what any other first world country has. Everything is covered, sometimes you wait for non life threating issues or you can pay and do things privately. Cosmetic stuff is not covered and some things may not be covered once you are a certain age and there is lack of research proving it may work.

We fund police, fire, infrastructure as a society, we can fund healthcare as a society as it is generally cheaper than whatever the fuck we are doing here in the US.

[effingwewt]

Healthcare isn't zero-sum. You aren't not going to receive healthcare because someone else is. Because we don't all get sick/injured at the same.

In any common sense Healthcare is most definitely not a limited resource. In fact, due to more preventative Healthcare options available it would definitely decrease the loads on hospitals.

See- every other developed nation with basic health care.