Because you want to ensure a minimum standard of health care for everybody in the society.
Now, what that minimum standard IS is, properly, subject to a great deal of debate and discussion. But the argument is that a society has a moral obligation to make sure that every member of its society has a reasonable chance to live a healthy, productive life.
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Date: 2006-03-08 05:21 pm (UTC)Now, what that minimum standard IS is, properly, subject to a great deal of debate and discussion. But the argument is that a society has a moral obligation to make sure that every member of its society has a reasonable chance to live a healthy, productive life.