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A Basic Human Right to Obamacare?

/ Wrote: Aug 25, 2010 9:50 PM

There is NO right to Obamacare or any entitlement. There is no right to public education. The states could close all public schools today. In Phyler v. Doe, the Supreme Court ruled that there is no right to education, but if provided, then all must be allowed access to an education. There is no right to Social Security, even if you pay into the programme for 50 years. See Flemming v. Nestor. There is no right to Medicare (and, by extension, Obamacare). See Heckler v. Ringer. The Secretary of Health and Human Services renders a "final decision" on the claim in the same manner as is provided in 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for old-age and disability claims arising under Title II of the Social Security Act. Title 42 U.S.C. § 405(h), to the...

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A Basic Human Right to Obamacare?

Under President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the United States for the first time joined the U.N.'s Human Rights Council. The U.S. has long steered clear of this council, reluctant to participate in a "human rights" body that despots like Syria and Libya routinely chair.

But Obama brought the U.S. under the council's jurisdiction, and this week his administration submitted for the first time a review of the human rights situation in the U.S. to the council. Many have criticized it for sounding too apologetic about Americans' human rights record.

It is a very revealing document, though, especially...

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