nfgo3 -“In light of the Torah requirement for health care, I continue to be puzzled by the vehement opposition of so many readers on this site to Obamacare or “European socialized medicine”. It is a Torah obligation, and I have not read a cogent, Torah-based reason to oppose Obamacare or some other government assurance that we all will have medical care without financial ruin – of the patient or society.”
Either you are extremely naive or you’re a born and bred Socialist. You’re like the early Communists -Communism is a perfect system. E/o, including the Conservatives would be pro Obamacare if it was reality. There is a reason the US has the best medical care in the world. There is only a certain amount of money that the Gov. can and will spend on Healthcare. What happens when they reach that limit? I’ll tell you -they limit Healthcare (which btw is against the Torah). Well how do I know this will be bad? Because it already occurs in countries with socialized medicine. Eg. – you reach a certain age with a disease like Cancer and they will refuse to treat you – your life, no matter how good of a chance you have in beating the disease, is Not of any value to society anymore. This even occurs in Israel -I don’t know if this exact scenario does, but other similar things like this do. So, do you think this is consistent with the Torah view????