The single biggest reason that healthcare cannot be a right is because for fit to be a right then we must compel a doctor to serve you. And anything that forces someone else to do something for you is slavery, not a right.

…to keep and bear arms. The government doesn’t have the obligation of providing me with a gun.

Wouldn’t the government have to provide every citizen a gun??

;^)

A few weeks ago. You are correct.

If there is one thing the conservative side could do better; defining what is a “right” versus what is a “privilege”.

Unfortunately too many conservatives are confused and want to claim “rights” are “privileges”. For example, driving a car. By what “right” does the state control this “privilege?” How can free interstate travel, a constitutional right, be reconciled with the spurious notion that the means employed by 99% of interstate travelers should be considered a privilege?

Yet plenty of people who consider themselves conservative would drop dead faint at the notion of scrapping the driver licensing system.

How can we expect them to both know and honor rights if we don’t?

Read the whole story at http://www.redstate.com/roguepolitics/2009/07/21/health-care-is-a-right/

…to free speech. The government doesn’t have the obligation to provide me a forum.

The usual lies.

In this so-called “heakth care” debate, the one missing element is constitutionality. Dems deliberately ignore the Constitution, and Reps seem confused by it.

The simple fact is that Congress is not authorized to provide medical insurance to anyone, in any form, no matter how reasonable a plan is developed.

Every member of Congress has a stack of copies of the Constitution to pass out to visiting constituents. Too bad those congresscritters have never availed themselves of the opportunity to read and understand the law of the land.

It’s really not that difficult. It’s a short document, quite concise. For the more dunderheaded, I suggest starting by reading the 10th Amendment, and working backwards.

Funny you mention the right to travel. And I’m NOT saying you are wrong I know EXACTLY what you refer to BUT I live In North Jersy, and went to Staten Island the other week, I had to pay $12 in Tolls !!!!
( Including a BIG one at the state border )
The Govt is essentially trying to stifle interstate commerce through these HIGH tolls…………..
I wonder if this ever went before the Supreme Court ? ( I seem to recall that last years highway bill had language in it to encourage more tollls too ! )

Responsibility is a word that is too little used in this day and age.

An issue started by the progressive movement and finally implemented in US law with FDR’s “2nd bill of rights”.

The best way to tell real from phony is to ask, who has to initiate force to violate the right? If you have to force someone into some action (such as taxes) in order to achieve your “right” then its an FDR style right. Rights as defined in the constitution require only that others refrain from interfering (hence the term negative liberty).

If health care is a right, the Democrats are actually violating it. When government takes over health care, it can no longer be a right because the government can deny it when they don’t think it is worth their money. And from what I have heard, they want to prohibit doctors from even offering services that aren’t covered by any public or private collective plan. In other words, the patient will be barred from paying out of his or her own pocket for a service that no one else will cover.

It is amazing to see that, regardless of the issue, liberals ALWAYS violate the very same right they claim to be upholding.

Much like landscaping or rotorooting. Healthcare is certainly more important and sophisticated, more valuable and more costly. But it is a service none the less. The constitution does not guarantee us a right to service.

Health Insurance is a product or commodity. It is meant to be privately purchased and privately owned. Just like any other product or commodity. The constitution does not guarantee us a right to own that which we cannot afford.

So what the government should do is eliminate the barriers to interstate purchase of health insurance. Remove most mandatory coverage’s so that consumers can choose the minimum level of coverage according to their economic situation. Both of these steps would make individual policies more affordable.

Consumers should select insurance coverage for ONLY those things which could not be for, out of pocket, or from a health savings account

That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it!

They’ve ruined it. Look at medicare. It is huge, expensive, convoluted, and known for problems. The same could be said for the VA. Government beurocrats should not be involved in healthcare. Reagan warned us what an epic failure medicare would be as far back as the 1960′s. I would send money to any senator or representative that introduced a bill to ban socialized medicine. Medicare has caused more problems than it was ever worth and it’s only for a small segment of the population. The dems want to enforce medicare on all of America, regardless of age!