[anthonygd]

> the US should have universal public healthcare. It's basic function of a competent nation state.

Why do you say that? What do you mean by "healthcare"?

Food is much more fundamental than healthcare but isn't really provided by any nation state. Where do you draw the line between what the state provides and what citizens are responsible for? How do you pick that line? Why is your opinion worth any more than another random persons?

[skeaker]

This is such a useless definitional argument. You know exactly what they meant. An unexpected hospital trip should not put you in debt for the rest of your life or outright kill you because you couldn't afford it. This is real basic stuff that plenty of real prospering nations already do.

[scarecrowbob]

"Food is much more fundamental than healthcare but isn't really provided by any nation state."

This is simply false. I get that the US state in which I live is not a "nation state", but it absolutely does provide food directly to folks on a variety of levels.

And jeeze: why is -your- (evidently poorly informed) opnion worth any more than another random persons?