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Most politicians, and probably most Americans, see health care as a right. Thus, whether a person has the means to pay for medical services or not, he is nonetheless entitled to them. Let's ask ourselves a few questions about this vision.
Say a person, let's call him Harry, suffers from diabetes and he has no means to pay a laboratory for blood work, a doctor for treatment and a pharmacy for medication. Does Harry have a right to XYZ lab's and Dr. Jones' services and a prescription from a pharmacist? And, if those services are not provided without charge, should...
Is Health Care a Right?
Right to life encompasses the right to the healthcare necessary to maintain life, paid for by American citizens as part of the right to live in America. Otherwise, we are back to Dickensian time, relying on Ebenezer Scrooge to save Tiny Tim's life."
That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Using your logic, then, the right to bear arms encompasses the right to the equipment necessary to maintain that right, paid for by American citizens as part of the right to live in America. Really??? Maybe we should insist congress buy us all guns (since I can actually find this "right" in the Constitution)
GG, you can have all the healthcare you can pay for, and it's OK if Bill Gates gets better...