Health

Should governments provide free healthcare to everyone?

For

Health is a basic human right.

Against

It is too expensive and may reduce quality of care.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • isn’t the alternative that people without insurance or money just… don’t get care at all?
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  • You can still do that in countries with public healthcare, by the way. Private healthcare still exists.
    RedditOriginal language: English

Against

  • Many would rather pay extra than be forced to just wait and deal with their illness.
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • It's not free. It's incredibly expensive to the population.
    RedditOriginal language: English
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