Irrelevant as it is someone's work aka labour.
So is a cop who goes in pursuit of a robber. That cop is actually also risking his life.
So that's not someone's labour?
Or the fireman that risks his life rescueing your kids from a burning building? That's not labour?
If all vehicle manufactures stopped production modern civilization would stop.
And if all farmers stopped we will starve.
And if the moon falls out of the sky, life will end.
But perhaps we should at least try and be realistic when we engage in "what if's"?
No it isn't. Individuals die all the time. Still have a GDP and a civilization. New people takes those jobs. It is called death, reproduction and life. AKA the life cycle.
Do you realise that countries with universal health care spend LESS per capita on healthcare and achieve BETTER results then the US?
There's actually no need to even go to the "is it a right" argument thingy....
The fact is that government run universal healthcare is less expensive and results in higher quality and better reach and less wait times when done properly.
I don't get people like you.... I mean, this is your HEALTH we are talking about.
Why do think it's a better idea to put your HEALTH in the hands of private companies who exists only to make a profit? Companies who have incentive to find reasons NOT pay your medical bills, because that would mean more profit? Companies who ONLY serve as "middle man", who have NO direct impact on the health care offered, but which ONLY exist to take a slice of the profit (and thereby resulting in higher prices)?
In short: why do you allow YOUR HEALTH to be the product on the back of which companies, who have nothing to do with health care, are raking in billions of dollars? What do these private insurance companies add of value to your health care? Seriously?
What do they do, really, aside from making sure prices (as well as your fees) are through the roof?
On top of it all,
you still receive medical bills as those insurance companies won't be covering all expenses anyway.
It's completely insane.
I had surgery a few years ago. I had radio scans, MRI, surgery, 3 follow up appointments and 40 physiotherapy sessions for revalidation. TOTAL cost for me: 140 bucks and 3 weeks PAID sick leave.
Yes, I pay higher taxes to fund the health care system. Truth is through, that the portion of my taxes that is destined for that system, is only a fraction of what premium insurance in the US would cost. And even with that premium insurance, you'ld still pay MORE then that 140 bucks and have no paid sick leave.
It's utterly retarded.
Which only shows that the sick people have no concern for their fellow workers by exposing them to illness. All you have demonstrated is quarantine is necessary
It seems you completely missed the point there.
Without paid sick leave and with health care costs being through the roof... staying home sick is a financial disaster. See, this is why you need a proper affordable system. So that when someone is sick, they can get quick and good care, stay home a few days and then return to work.
This minimizes the worker's loss in productivity and it keeps the other workers from getting sick as well.
It's literally in everybody's benefit: the sick worker, the other workers, the employer and the economy (which is basicly
everybody else)
There is a difference between a social safety net and something being a right. The later forces people to provide a service lest they violate someone's rights. The former does not.
I think that's just semantics. And as I said before, the question of "rights" isn't even necessary.
The argument already stands on its own, purely by the aspects of overall costs, minimizing loss of productivity, and overall quality of the care itself.
