Give me healthcare or I will imprison you is your actual proposition, once you shed the intermediary steps.
Freedom is freedom from men, not from nature. We all decay and are victims of our biology, as well as our desires. You are as subject to dying from starvation as of dying from lack of healthcare service if people denied you access to it. The question is not if you have a right to demand those goods, but why the people that are willing to serve you health care for cheap cant get to you.
Uh, no? Private healthcare still exists in the UK, alongside the public healthcare industry. People have a choice of which to go into. You seem to have a complete misunderstanding of how this system works...
Also are you comparing being homeless (and risking death from disease, and the winter months in the process) to the simple inconvenience of taxes? I'm sorry, I cannot discuss any longer with someone who is willing to consider things so loosely and callously.
Okay. United Kingdom has 34.4% of tax to GDP ratio. That means that out of 5 working days, almost 2 days are given to the state. I would not consider working 2 days a week for the government a "simple inconvenience".
"Be homeless or work" is not a choice. Just like "Give me the money or I'll shoot you" is not a choice.
> The fire department entered into a contract with their coverage area, bought and paid for in advance by the people they are covering.
Just like the surgeons, at the hospital. Now you're finally understanding it.
> This frequently happens, especially with surgeons.
Wow, really? I've never heard of it happening. At least, not within the civilized countries in the EU (As opposed to uncivilized America).