Do people 'deserve' universal health care?

[DuncanONeil]

Here's an idea...how about if the government covers ONLY the uninsured? As with welfare, once you have employment and can be covered that way, they can take the person off the government run program. That way, those of us who are happy with what we have can be left alone.
You just said it yourself...by CHOICE! That is the only reason the number jumps higher. Why include that number? Why force someone to get health insurance if they don't want it?

I can see that you understand the fallacy here. Many of the uninsured CHOOSE to not have insurance. A significant portion do not need insurance. Even the plans Congress is demanding only solve the insurance problem for less than half the people THEY say are uninsured.

Why does everyone that supports this mess of a plan think this is the only way to change the status quo? Why is it that these same people have not heard of the other options?