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Universal health care debate. Should you pay for a strangers medical bills?
Posted by admin in Health Care on May 26th, 2009
If a stranger is sick, is it your duty to help pay his bill?
Depending on what part of the world you live in, you will have different flavors of health care. For example in the United States, there is no free universal health care. If you get sick in the United States you will have to pay for a hospital visit out of pocket, or use an insurance plan to cover the expenses. North of the border in Canada you have the exact opposite situation. In Canada, you pay a percentage of taxes which allows for free hospital visits.
Is one way better the other? Perhaps a blend of Free and Pay services are best. Keep in mind, depending on the form of health care you have will entitle you to different levels of service. In the United States you may have access to a free cat scan, but you will not have to wait 3 months for one like you would in Canada. In Canada you can have heart surgery absolutely free and not have to worry about having to mortgage you home in order to pay the hospital bill.
One side is free at the time of use but you pay for it through your taxes. The other system only required you to purchase insurance or pay for service when it is needed. What is the best system and why? Do you feel it is right to pay for another person’s medical bills through taxes? Should we all want to help each other, or should we take care of ourselves at our own expense?
Who do we protect? The mom or the baby?
Do parents have the right to choose? If a mom is not legally allowed to abort, then who should pay to raise the child? What is the mom does not want to risk medical complications? What is the father is not around to help raise the child? Does the unborn baby have rights? What is the mother simply does not want to bear a child?
There are so many questions and even more reasons for or against abortion. Some of the things to keep in mind is that perhaps someone should look out for the unborn child, but also we have to look out for the mother. The problem is that having the child’s and mom best interests in mind will conflict with each other. When there is a conflict there truly can only be one side we should support. We can either protect the baby that has yet to come into this world or the mother/family that is already here.
Morals and ethics can always be murky as they sometimes are based on ones personal feelings. So then we all have the difficult task to determine who ultimately should have the decision over abortion, the law or the parent.
On one side if we do not give the baby a chance then some people would claim the unborn child was murdered. All life is precious and it is up to us to govern ourselves to ensure we protect those that can not look out for themselves.
On the other hand, the mom is already here and it is her body. Should anyone else have the right to tell her what she can or can not do with her own body? It should be up to the mom to decide as no one should be forced to do something against their will.
So here we are, should abortion be the mother’s choice? Why do you feel the way you do?
Can we use them anywhere we want?
We all take many things for granted and feel that no one should tell us what we should do. We make our own decisions and we have no one to answer to but our self. When should people step in, or when is it none of their business?
If a parent is in a car with their children, is it ok for them to light up a cigarette? After all, it is the parents’ vehicle. Since it is their property, they have the right to do whatever they want. Besides, if they roll down the window the smoke will go right outside.
Little Billy sitting in the back does not care as he is likely busy snacking, sleeping, looking outside, or is playing a game. Billy is use to the smoke and it does not really bother him.
After all, we do live in a free country. If the child does not mind, are there any good reasons why a parent should or should not smoke inside a car?
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