"Carter" wrote in message
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"jakdedert" wrote in message
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Add to that the fact that lack of access to quality health care
is in itself a major cause of poverty. In addition, paying for a
single health issue has caused many formerly solvent individuals
and families to slip below the poverty level.
William Sommerwerck wrote:
A _major_ cause? I don't think so.
Maybe we are just playing semantics with the word "major", but
I would respectfully suggest you look up the number of people in
the last 10 to 15 years that have been 'rightsized', 'downsized' or
otherwise lost their job and benefits. It is in the *millions*. Do you
think that is "major"?
I don't know the statistics, other than that it is not uncommon.
The original statement was (see above) "a major cause of poverty". It is
unquestionably _not_ a major cause of poverty.
But if you restate it as "a major cause of people falling into poverty"
(which is something different), I would not disagree.
Everyone should receive the medical treatment they need -- this is one mark
of a "civilized" society, that places value on each individual. How this
should be achieved is the question.