A recent article from Kayla Chadwick at Huffington says it simply and clearly:
I don’t know how to explain to someone why they should care about other people…
I’m perfectly content to pay taxes that go toward public schools, even though I’m childless and intend to stay that way, because all children deserve a quality, free education….
If I have to pay a little more with each paycheck to ensure my fellow Americans can access health care? Sign me up.
If this seems unfair or unreasonable to you, we are never going to see eye to eye.
I am so grateful for the healthcare here in the UK where I live; it just makes so much sense that I and my colleagues pay towards the wages of health professionals while I’m well and earning, so that when I’m sick and cannot earn, I’m looked after without having to worry about the finances of it. Why would you want to live in a society where it’s the people who are under pressure from illness who also get put under pressure to provide money for the health professionals?