Health Care

I have always considered healthcare to be a privilege. No one forces people to get health insurance, and many people either can’t afford health insurance, or have preexisting conditions such as cancer or diabetes and are turned away by health insurers due to them being a “high risk”. Like driving insurance, it is a choice to acquire it. Only some people decide to drive cars and get their license, causing them to invest a good chunk of their money per month into their car. In health insurances case, people are investing in protecting their bodies, which is a privilege and a choice.
If the health care bill passes and is put into effect however, health insurance will be turned into a right. In many ways, and for many people, it will be a good thing. People who couldn’t afford it before as well as people with preexisting condition will not be denied from any health insurer. But there is also a downside to this new bill that everyone seems to support so vigorously. Eventually, everyone will be forced to get health insurance, which means everyone will have to pay. To me, it is extremely unconstitutional for the government to force its citizens to pay private companies for a benefit that they might now want, or need. I feel as if health insurance should stay a privilege, and the government should not be able to tell us what we have to pay for. I think the law will be changed to match the constitution.