“And everyone needs healthcare. Every single person.”
And everyone needs dinner. And housing. And iPhones. And a college education. And a big TV. And a job. And lower mortgages. And so on.
You’ve outed yourself as an anti-free-enterprise, liberal progressive, CNN. Like your preferred candidate, Trump.
You are misrepresenting both American healthcare, and the position I am taking.
Everyone needs healthcare, you correctly got that much. But dinner, housing, iPhones, a big TV, a job, all of those things involve FREE CHOICES. And competition. Free competition, in a free market. Although iPhones are mostly all made in China, which is another problem altogether.
Healthcare in America is among the least free choices we have. It is extremely government controlled.
That is why it is so darned expensive. It is extremely government controlled, that is why it is very important that it not be allowed to take advantage of people.
That is what needs to change. I think our healthcare system is overly controlled, but it currently is, what it currently is.
As for college, which you included in your list, I also think that colleges are overly-controlled as well. Which is why they are rapidly deteriorating, and so darned expensive as well.
But that is, another topic altogether.
Theo many of the things you listed are not “needs” and yes everyone needs food and housing, why do you think that for those who can’t acquire them on their own we have public assistance, pantries and section 8? People can always find something to eat, even if they go a few days without food they won’t die. But if you are very ill and don’t have the money to get treatment you very well could. And we don’t want diseases to spread either...would be nice if we could go back to the days of the family doc doing house calls and charging reasonable fees then again we’re so advanced now and that’s a good thing as far as saving lives but it costs a hell of a lot to do so, therefor insurance is a requirement.