Originally Posted by
maxorator
The first time I saw the protests against the government health insurance system on TV, I laughed. I thought those protesters were just a little bunch of antisocial extremists. But when I realized how many people actually were against it, I felt sorry for them. When people walk around with posters saying "Health care is not a right!", to me it feels as absurd as "Freedom is not a right!" or "Education is not a right!". I feel that health care is one of the most trivial right and therefore should be regulated by the government, not by the private sector.
Also the argument that government health care system does not work properly is totally absurd. USA is probably one of the very few countries that DOESN'T have it. There's one more interesting thing - no countries that have a government health care system are trying to move health care to the private sector.