Enlightened self interest and the healthcare debate
3 min readOct 26, 2018
In a Twitter discussion recently (@gregcampnc), I was presented the right-wing position on healthcare: I take care of myself, and you should do the same. I owe you nothing. One participant told me that he would prefer to die if he developed cancer, rather than have the government help him survive the disease. Another insisted that health savings accounts would be enough to deal with chronic illnesses…