It should be agreed to by CONSENT and FREE CHOICE of the people, not coercion, since personal liberties and religious/political/spiritual beliefs are involved in health care and quality of life decisions. The freedom to choose is part of that, also. Constant oppression, abuse and imposition by govt can lead to similar PTSD as legal and religious abuse, so that's totally contradictory to good mental health and public health collectively.
People on dialysis don't have much in the way of free choice.
Arianrhod I have heard more horror stories of people getting threatened with being taken off support, and having to be MOVED to charitable hospitals that would allow them to continue and exercise their beliefs in sustaining life.
If you want free choice, we certainly have to start BEFORE the point of dialysis.
That's like saying people don't have a choice after they are already in a standoff with police issuing ultimatums at gunpoint. Well, what did it take to get to that point in the first place?
Preventative health care is the only way we are ever going to afford health care for all.
Quit waiting till the point of no return, to issue ultimatums on policy choices, and maybe we can organize a sustainable plan.
The reason Govt cannot be the only choice is that SPIRITUAL issues are involved, so charity and private/personal choices are INEVITABLE.
The Govt is NOT designed to manage those.
So this is self-contradictory to keep wanting to "protect free choice through Govt."
Good luck with that.
We need consensus first, then we can organize and manage resources through sound business plans, and involve the govt where needed. But Govt cannot be abused to "dictate consensus" by political coercion. We need to remove the politics altogether, and start making decisions based on what works financially and sustainably from medical, scientific and even spiritual processes that can be proven scientifically as well.
Get the solutions together first BEFORE running these through the govt process. Get the politics out of it, no coercion, just pure common sense and maybe we'll get somewhere. Thanks Arianrhod. I know your heart is in the right place, but we aren't on the same page yet because we don't have the same information to make decisions or we'd agree already. Let's work on that, okay? Thank you, seriously, we'll get there. Because of these situations where life/death depend on getting this right! Take care!