In America, is healthcare a right?
What is a Right? Let's focus on Natural rights and Legal rights.
Natural rights are those described in the Declaration of Independence. They include Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. These rights are inalienable (no one has a superior claim) and do not consume any resources to grant.
The Constitution of the United States grants rights to Americans such as Freedom of Worship and the Right to Bear Arms. Again, these rights consume no resources to grant to mankind.
The other catagory of Rights mentioned above are Legal Rights. These are rights that are granted by legislative or similar efforts. They need not be universal, ie, they can be granted to select classes of people. In this and many other ways, they differ significantly from Natural Rights.
Where does healthcare fall in this segmentation of rights? We will examine that next.
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