Opposing My Opinion On The First Healthcare Blog

In my first Healthcare blog, I argued that I did not believe that Healthcare was a right, but instead I thought it was a privilege. In this blog post, I will be arguing why I think that Healthcare is a right and why everyone deserves it. In my first blog, I was one of the people that ended up siding more with one side than the other, but still feeling that both sides had their positives and negatives. This time, I will side completely with one side.
 One reason why everyone deserves Healthcare is because things that are unexpected (whether they are good or bad) happen. People get cancer, and even if they have a job, sometimes they still can't pay for it. Just because people have jobs doesn't mean that they can pay for these kinds of accidents. Along with things like cancer, there are also people who have mental illnesses and disabilities. In the book titled, Universal Health Care, Helen Redmond says that, "People with serious mental illness encounter stigma, discrimination, and difficulty accessing treatment. Millions of adults and children suffer from a variety of treatable mental health problems..." (Redmond, pg. 76). She also goes on to say that the reason for this is because the treatments are very expensive and are long-term, meaning these people go untreated for long periods of time.
Another reason that Healthcare is a right is because when people have access to Healthcare, it allows to get rid of the problem before it gets too bad to treat. When people have access to Healthcare, they have the ability to take care of problems before they get out of control. Along with this, there is also the fact that just because people have jobs does not mean they can pay for medical help. Some jobs honestly do not pay that well and some people end up working multiple jobs to help pay for it, or keeping jobs they don't want that give them medical insurance. Helen Redmond says in the book, ""Have you overstayed in a job that you hated because of the health insurance and [because] you or a family member had a health condition that required frequent doctor visits, labs, and expensive medication? It's called job lock." This means that people are keeping the jobs they do not want because of the benefits they are receiving.
In the book, Leonard Peikoff says, "You have a right to work, not to rob others of the fruits of their work..." (Peikoff, pg. 89). I do not agree with this. Just because people have jobs doesn't mean that people can pay for treatments of mental disabilities or cancer. These things are expensive, and some jobs simply cannot pay for the expenses. Along with this, there is the statement from the book from Gary Dorrien, who says, "When wealthy and middle-class people have to rely on the same health system as the poor, as they do throughout Europe, they use their political power to make sure it's a decent system." (Dorrien, pg. 100). I agree with this because if the rich and middle-class have to rely on the same system as the poor, it would make sense that they would try to make sure the system runs well.
Overall, I think that Healthcare is a right because of many reasons. One reason is because unexpected things happen. People get cancer and need help. Also, just because people have jobs does not mean that they have the ability to pay for the help they need. Another reason that Healthcare is a right is because it allows people to treat problems before they get too bad to treat. Finally, if all people (rich, middle-class. poor) are on the same system, the rich and middle-class people would (you would think) at least try to make sure that the system runs well.