# Republicans: Please Define Health Care Reform

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 21, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-please-define-health-care-reform/525777 "2010-01-21T01:17:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-please-define-health-care-reform/525777/3 "2010-01-21T01:34:06Z")

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> [@LavenderBlue](#):
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> Because as nearly as this American Dem can tell the Republican response is that of George W. Bush’s let them go to the emergency room when they’re sick variety.
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> Thank you.

I can’t speak for anyone but myself, but I can tell you that I don’t believe there’s a right for society to pay for your care if you’re sick. The basic premise for health care “reform” seems to start from that proposition – that a person who is sick is entitled to demand that society pay for his care.

I don’t agree.

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