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Sure, that's the whole point of Obamacare.
The difference there is that driving is a privilege and the insurance is to protect the people you might harm
A healthy life is not a right, thus burns that straw manWhereas life (one would assume, a healthy life) is a fundamental human right and the insurance is to protect a person you (or someone else) might harm -- yourself.
Or are you suggesting that our rights deserve less protection than our privileges?
A healthy life is not a right, thus burns that straw man
Being healthy also leads to deathIf we're not healthy, sickness/injury might lead to death.
Factually, you aren'tIt's the car insurance analogy -- insurance covers injury as well as death, even though you're now claiming we have no right to be healthy.
Factually, you aren't
required to have auto insurance, in any state
Of course, you don't have to own a car but you do have to "own a body"Factually, if you own a car in my state, you are required to have insurance for it.
Factually, under the ACA, if you own a body, you are required to have insurance for that, too.
A healthy life is not a right, thus burns that straw man
Even of health care is a right (which it is not), a healthy life is not a right
That was neither stated nor implied so there is no reason to assume that is what was meantI'm assuming that "a healthy life" means a life as healthy as possible given a person's circumstances and how well they choose to take care of themselves. The idea that you have a right to a life healthier than possible is patently absurd, so that's the most logical reading of that. We recognize that you don't have a right to cause medical harm to someone without their consent (ex., you can sell someone cigarettes, but you can't sneak nicotine into their chewing gum), so we do recognize a right to a healthy life in that sense. Most countries recognize that health care is a part of that.
Even of health care is a right (which it is not), a healthy life is not a right
No, we don't, otherwise, fewer of us would be sick
Health is neither a right or a privilege. It's more a case of good or bad "fortune". You get what you get. You can help your health or hurt your health to a degree, but ultimately it's out of your control. Each of us will experience bad health at one time or another whether we choose it or notThat would mean -- and correct me if I'm wrong -- that health is a privilege, not a right (debatable, but I'll play along for the moment).
Same as, let's say... ownership of a motor vehicle is a privilege, not a right (which I happen to agree with, by the way).
Now that you see where I'm going, you have no choice but to claim "apples and oranges" -- furthermore, you have no choice but to not explain what the difference is.
Let the waffling begin...
That was neither stated nor implied so there is no reason to assume that is what was meant
And yet that is what was statedIt's logically implied when the alternative interpretation is ridiculous for anyone to say if they have a familiarity with the basic facts of human life. If I say that you have a right to life (part of the "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness" formulation), I obviously don't mean that a natural death at an old age from unavoidable issues is a violation of your natural rights. I also obviously don't mean that you have no right to opt for hospice care if you're in a situation where other treatments would decrease the quality of your life while prolonging it. I mean that no one else can take your life without violating your natural rights in the most profound of all possible ways. Analogously, being born with a genetic illness is not a violation of a right to health, and neither is your own personal decision to endanger your health.
And yet that is what was stated
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