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Re:Illinois governor signs law capping insulin costs at $100... by delecti on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @12:56PM (#22183637)
Who's going to stop you from having your right not to be killed infringed upon? That requires just as much affirmative action from a society's justice system. Any of our rights only matter as much as society's agreement to help you defend them, and in this case the government of Illinois has agreed to defend this one.
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Re:Illinois governor signs law capping insulin costs at $100... by jwbwater on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @01:41PM (#22184260)
People not killing each other costs nothing. Cost is only incurred when the right to life is infringed. People providing healthcare to one another always has costs. If this "right" is infringed and no healthcare is provided then no cost is incurred.

Whether or not healthcare is a right is a lot less important than whether or not it is affordable.

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