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Originally Posted by CreativeMind
Interesting sentiment since the NUMBER ONE THING that all doctors swear to is the Hippocratic Oath, which specifically states:
I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person's family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick.
I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure.
I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.
So, I think your basic attitude of "go fuck off and die" if someone has trouble either buying their health care (in those instances where their employer won't supply a company plan) or they have trouble keeping up with modern costs is a bit out of touch with the basic duties that doctors are charged with doing and even swear to uphold -- namely helping ALL that are sick or in pain or in need.
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Never mind all that, what about BASIC HUMAN DECENCY?!?!?! The principal that says: "I have more than you, but you're in greater need than me, so I will help you"... such a simple notion, and one that would revolutionize society for the better, if people weren't so stupid and selfish....
Having grown up with a universal healthcare system, I honestly find it incredulous that a country like the US can't take the British NHS model, and make it better... oh, but then that would make a dent in the profit margins of insurance, medical and pharmaceutical companies... what a shame. When you sit down and think about it for a minute, you see that some aspects of capitalist society are ludicrous.