# Can I get a show of hands?  (health care)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-show-of-hands-health-care/506375>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 14, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-show-of-hands-health-care/506375 "2009-08-14T02:54:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-show-of-hands-health-care/506375/91 "2009-08-15T21:06:06Z")

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> [@MsWhatsit](#):
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> Disagree with **Rand**. I don’t consider health care to be a luxury.

[He doesn’t oppose it because he thinks it’s a luxury](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11443089&postcount=251); he thinks that it’s Wrong for the government to help people in any way, luxury or not.

> [@The numbnut who had the freakout at the Arlen Specter townhall meeting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-numbnut-who-had-the-freakout-at-the-arlen-specter-townhall-meeting/506206/251):
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> Whether the government should provide something does not depend on whether it is a need or a luxury.

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