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[–] MetaCog 6 points -4 points 2 points (+2|-6) ago (edited ago)
Government rightfully exists where a monopoly of force is required, meaning Military, Police & Fire, and Health Care.
The idiot argument against "muh free health care" makes as much sense as arguing against "muh free fire fighters", as if anyone actually wants to be sick or have their house catch on fire.
Fucking moron "Conservitards" need to pull their Bible-Thumping heads out of their ignorant asses on this issue, because they sound like cucked-out retards every time they champion the rights of wealthy Doctors to access medicine over those who have no such right.
Conservatards touting a medical dictatorship as if it were the "free market" sound a lot like self-righteous Libtards touting gun control. Simply replace regulated-medicine with regulated-guns, and switch Doctors with Police & Corporate Security, and the analogy practically completes itself.
[–] dieusor 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
One of the issues is that government intervention in the health care market has been to maintain profits for insurance companies. ACA's crowning achievement was to enforce mandatory profits to health insurance companies. This is a serious issue and supports an argument that we should strive for a free market.
[–] MetaCog ago
Ok, fine, in a free market doctors can choose to cater to only wealthy clients, but it also means any drugs are legal for anyone to buy or sell.
By necessity, health care is a COERCIVE MONOPOLY,the categorical opposite of a "free market". Spare me the stock Libertarian arguments about a free market when they simply don't apply.
[–] sniglom 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
With ”free” healthcare, no insurance is needed.
[–] Dalai_Llama 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
That was the most retarded nonsense I've read in a while. I can't even understand your argument other than: "I'm smart and you're dumb, do it my way because of these false equivalences."
By the way, there is no such thing as "free fire fighters," whatever the fuck that even means.