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When did health care become a 'right'?

I didn't have the advantage of being employed by GM or Chrysler. I built my own business, and I pay my own health insurance. It is very expensive. However, if I didn't have health insurance, and I had an injury, or illness, the hospital and doctors would sue me if I didn't pay. As I have a net worth, I could lose everything.

However, if I was lazy, and didn't have a job, and collected welfare, my medical needs become a burden on the taxpayers. What a great system you espouse! If I choose to smoke crack, or get drunk and crash my car into a pole, good old American taxpayer will be there to fix me.

Sure, the health care system in the USA is in need of an overhaul. The reality is, when people pay for things, they tend to take care of them. Making health care a right will result in substandard health care services. We (the taxpayers) simply do not have the money. There is no Santa Clause, life sometimes sucks, and actions have consequences.

Mortgage backed securities were like gold when backed up by homeowners who had a lot to lose if their home went into foreclosure. Then the socialist agenda took over; if we could just 'give' someone a home, they would magically turn into a 'responsible' person. (Thanks Acorn!) In today's skewed system, the responsible ones are being punished.

I don't run to the doctor every time a sneeze. I don't smoke. I take care of my health. I pay. Why shouldn't my neighbor? I understand charity, I am not unfeeling. However, shouldn't personal responsibility be rewarded, somehow?

I have been to Russia. They stand in 4 hour lines just to pay the electric bill. They wait a week to see the doctor, sometimes more. Sure, the easy strep throat cases get taken care of. The complicated cases? Stand in line. Russians are used to standing in lines.