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It's because of the price.
Anyone of reasonably sound mind and body should be able to earn enough money to provide themselves with food. People who cannot because of mental or physical disability are usually given assistance and nobody complains about that.
Healthcare, unlike other technologies is always going up in price, many times more than the rate of inflation.
We don't expect people to afford their own security services or their own personal fire department because although some people would be able to afford that, most can't and these are deemed necessary services so a common fund pays for police and fire services. Health care is the same way. In the last ten years health care has become less and less affordable to the average person and as a society, access to basic health care is considered a necessity.
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