Reply #131: I would say neither right nor entitlement, but-- [View All]

[eridani]

--PUBLIC GOOD, like roads and the fire department. If people who never have fires don't object to paying for the whole fire department which directly benefits only those few who do have fires, why should healthy people object to paying for the care of the sick? In both cases, individuals will rarely have the worst happen to them, but the worst could happen to anybody, so why not spread the risk?