Do you think that health care is a human right, just like food and shelter?
You can die from lack of health care a lot faster than lack of food.
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Seeing as neither food nor water are considered human rights I would say health care isn't either..
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None of those are human rights. Get a job, pay your own way.
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No none of those things are rights.
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You don't have a right to any of those. If I have a right to food, why do I have to walk up to a cash register and pay for my food?
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Food and shelter are not human rights. They are necessities, but not rights. Big difference. How do you bridge the gap you ask? One needs to WORK to EARN what he needs and wants.
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You can also die of a lack of common sense.
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How exactly does one enjoy a "right" to someone else's labor?
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food and shelter are not human rights. they are needs but not rights.
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I have a right to be provided food, shelter, and health care. You have to provide it.
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Human life is a cheap commodity...........Mine included ............Sorry
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Health care, food and shelter are not human rights. But, you do have the right to earn a living so that you can have health care, food and shelter.
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You can die even if you have health care.
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Well seeing how nobody in the US ever dies from not having healthcare, I'm going to have to say no.
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LOL...you can't die faster from a lack of health care,then from a lack of food
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There is no right to get others to pay for your food and shelter or anything else. WHEN THE GOVERNMENT GIVES AWAY TAX PAYERS' MONEY SO THAT SOME GUY CAN BUY A NEW CAR WITH A DISCOUNT THE LIBERALS THINK THAT IS JUST SWELL. HOW ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT GIVING A REBATE TO RENTERS ON THEIR RENT, TO HOMEOWNERS ON THEIR MORTGAGES AND TO EVERYONE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY THAT WANTS A DEAL PAID FOR BY THEIR FELLOW AMERICANS?
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How is food and shelter a human right? Don't you have to build your own house and farm your own food? I mean if you get stranded on and island, how does having a human right like food and shelter going to provide you with food and shelter? You have the right to the pursuit of happiness for you and your family, that's it. Read the declaration of independence, there is no mention of food and shelter there.
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No. However, if you cannot depend on others enough to care for your health adequately, laws should be in place to regulate it. The Health Care Reform act is the totally wrong way to go.
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the us government has a moral obligation to provide affordable health care to its citizens (paid for by taxes)...just as the US govt provides roads and bridges (paid for by taxes)....and affordable college and grade school (paid for by taxes) ....and military protection and police security (paid for by taxes)
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No.
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I have to eat everyday but I don't have to receive health care everyday so no you cannot die from the lack of health care faster than the lack of food everyone in the US has access to health care all one has to do is call their Dr. make an appointment and then show up, they have to pay for the service or they can just go to the emergency room and have someone else pay for their costs because they have entitlement mentality
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No. Rights are not things that deprive others of something. Your idea of a right is to force someone else to pay for your health care. What about their rights? There is something missing from the Liberal brain. If you stare for a long time at Yin and Yang you might eventually get it: when you give to one-you must take from another. Just not being aware of that does not mean it is not true. In order to do this, Liberals make a fantasy that the money just comes from rich people somewhere out there in the blue. The vast majority of health care expenses are from poor living habits. I can prevent starvation with planning. I can also do about 12 things (avoid drugs, smoking sex with strangers, wear seatbelts, eat right and exercise etc etc etc) to eliminate well over half of the doctor visits. And who told you food and shelter were rights? A right is something you do not have to sign a contract or agreement to get-like free speech. Nobody can have shelter without signing an agreement whether they really want to agree or not and nobody can consistently eat unless they agree to pay for food. One does not pay for rights.
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Yes. Article 3. •Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person. Article 25. •(1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. •(2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection. http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml#ap Every signatory to the UDHR is obliged to teach the children and all peoples of their nation the human rights laid out in this document. Seems some nations fall down on their responsibilities in this regard. Human Rights are not a matter of opinion, politics, what you think of Barack Obama or the current health reform debate. Human Rights as laid out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are deemed a treaty ratified by the US, so that under Article VI, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution, they form "the supreme law of the land". Therefore the UDHR, for which the world owes the US of A, and Eleanor Roosevelt in particular, an eternal debt of gratitude, is established as part of the highest form of law in the American legal system. State judges should uphold them, even if state laws or constitutions conflict. Naturally people's opinions differ, but those are the facts. Debate should center on how this health care should be delivered to all citizens, not if.
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You have the right to seek food , shelter , education , health-care and such. you are not entitled to it at every-ones expense and to only your benefit
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Yes. I think that this is one of the points of a civilized society. Protection Education Welfare I include medical care in the welfare of the people. I think it is criminal that wealth is more important to some americans than someones life.
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This is an interesting thread, mostly because of the answers it managed to incite. To begin my rant, I'll say that my personal answer is 'yes'. To deny medical care to someone who needs it is cruel, inhumane, and spits on the basic premise of society, that the whole is bound together for the common good. Not just the good of those who made the most money, but for the common good. Also, the UDHR plainly states that health care is a human right. Since rights are defined by legality, and the UDHR is a legal document, your question was answered when it was signed and ratified. In those nations that have not ratified it, maybe it's not a legal right. But then the question opens as to whether health care is a moral or an ethical imperative. To both of those, again, I answer 'yes'. Now for the rant: I find it ironic and silly that there are people who, individually or collectively, in whole or in part would expand their denial to the point that even 'food and water' are not human rights. And most of those would also turn around and say that humans have an 'inalienable right to life, liberty and the persuit of happiness'. I don't know of anyone who can live without food or water. I realize that some dots have to be connected here, but it's hardly rocket science. In other words, there are posters here who essentially believe that no one has a right to life. If that were true, since the dead have no rights, no one has a right to anything. But it would be just too much if someone were entitled to a sip from their own well unless that money is being used to maintain a bloated military. Some prefer the law of the jungle, yet rely on others to protect them from it. They really are terrible hypocrites. Some would even declare themselves to be 'Christians' living in a 'Christian nation' (they really should read the texts that they claim to adhere to, not neglecting what's between the lines) Really, they're mocking others for being in need of the basic requirements of life. While they mock, they belittle humanity, society, and what it even means to be human. Bet that those who said 'no, absolutely not' would change their tune immediately if misfortune puts themselves or their own family in a vulnerable state. It's very sad, but it's a problem that has followed our race through history. Some get it, some don't and never will. End rant
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