What is wrong with the Healthcare debate

What is wrong with the Healthcare debate is a reflection of what is wrong with the economic philosophy of our nation.  Our grandparents chose their lifestyle by using the words, "can we afford this?"  The society today decides what lifestyle they will live and are entitled to and then hunts a way in which to fund it.  Whether it be credit cards, loans, second mortgages, or whatever, I have a right to live a certain lifestyle.  This philosophy has translated to the government.  We are now facing the onslaught of those who demand all the trappings of a certain level of lifestyle and then we will figure out how to fund it later.  

There are two fundamental issues in dead collision; 1) the belief that every American has a right to health care, insurance, etc as good as anyone else has; 2)  the financially limited resources of our nation.  We are in debt up to our eyeballs.  The question here is not is it a good thing for all to have health care but can we afford to pay for it for those who can't? I'm ok with the concept of universal healthcare.  I just don't know how we pay for it?

Responsible government says that somewhere we have to cut enough to make up the cost if we intend to do this.  Just like normal people do every month with their own personal budgets.  We didn't take a trip this year we had planned because we had a few unexpected expenses to arise.  Something had to give, it was the trip.

With this government we don't seem to have the same level of personal responsibility as most of us practice.  If you don't have it, you can't spend it.  If you are struggling financially, then you throw stuff off the boat until it quits sinking.

I can fix this, they just wouldn't let me.