Barry says it is. So do Nancy and Harry and Barney and Henry and all the rest of the non-productive.
John David Lewis, Duke U. prof of philosphy, politics and economics, says it isn’t true:
"There was no right to such care before doctors, hospitals, and pharmaceutical companies produced it. Health care is a service, which we all need, and none of us are better served by placing our lives and our doctors under coercive bureaucratic control."
Read it all.
If the pols persist in saying that, in fact, it is a right, then I can think of a few others that should be as well. Car repair should be a right. And paid vacations. And flying in private jets the way the congresscritters and presidents get to do it. No? Gee, why not?
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 
It can’t be a right if you have to take from someone else to get it.
Alternatively,
Your rights end at my wallet.
It can’t be a right if you have to take from someone else to get it.
Alternatively,
Your rights end at my wallet.
It can’t be a right if you have to take from someone else to get it.
Alternatively,
Your rights end at my wallet.
On the other hand, we all need police and fire protection and so we all pay taxes for it. But somewhere at the edge of the provided basics, it has to stop. Otherwise you and everyone else really are going to be paying for my paid vacations. Just like in France!
On the other hand, we all need police and fire protection and so we all pay taxes for it. But somewhere at the edge of the provided basics, it has to stop. Otherwise you and everyone else really are going to be paying for my paid vacations. Just like in France!
On the other hand, we all need police and fire protection and so we all pay taxes for it. But somewhere at the edge of the provided basics, it has to stop. Otherwise you and everyone else really are going to be paying for my paid vacations. Just like in France!