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To: Rarebird who wrote (51634)	3/4/2008 3:15:53 PM
From: Suma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 540901

You said that so well about the government not being responsible for one but for the other. You spoke for me and I agree with your reasoning..The health care of it's citizens is the responsibility of responsible government. Sad segment on 60 Minutes. A team of Doctors,Dentists,Othomologists come by plane to an armory in rural Virginia. For two days doctors, nurses,volunteers work for free helping thousands of people who have lined up and admitted by a number chosen ahead of time to have work done in the areas of health. A girl who had cervical cancer never had a check up. Two years has passed. Her pap smear is negative but the find something in the breast.. People who have children who have never been to a Doctor.. People who have bad teeth that have needed attention.. They work two solid days and those that don't get in sadly get turned away. People come 200 miles with family and sleep in their cars.. If all of us had viewed that program I think that collectively our hearts would have gone out to say, yes the government needs to provide health care to all of it's citizens...

To: Rarebird who wrote (51634)	3/4/2008 4:08:19 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 540901

The government is not responsible to provide a healthy retirement income for those who can easily do so for themselves if they just assume fiscal responsibility and budget their money. However, healthcare is an entirely different story. There are a lot of qualifiers in there. I'd appreciate some clarification. Re retirement, should I infer, then that the government is or should be responsible for providing a healthy retirement income for those who can't do so for themselves? Someone who is poor or middle income deserves the same amount of respect for their life (as a rich person) if they need an operation or medication to survive. Should I infer that you're just talking about life-saving operations and medication but not routine medical care? Should I infer that the government should provide health care for everyone of low or middle income but not the well off? Universal Healthcare is not a privilege but a value that affirms human life as its highest principle. Or universally, for everyone? And back to your first point about responsibility for providing for oneself, what about those who are responsible enough to provide for their retirement but not responsible enough to take care of their health? Do you see them owed health care because of their health irresponsibility but not owed retirement income since they were financially responsible?