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Tag: Healthcare Constitution Rights

How to argue against those claiming health care is a positive right

By jgillmanjr, Section News
Posted on Fri Nov 13, 2009 at 08:34:41 PM EST
Tags: Healthcare Constitution Rights (all tags)

Health care is a negative right. People certainly have the right to health care, but as long as acquiring it or financing it does not impose any sort of involuntary obligation upon third parties. In essence, John is more than free to seek medical attention or have health insurance, but not if such action requires Paul to, say, cover part of John's health care costs. To the libertarians/classical liberals amongst us, it's common sense.

However, supporters of the socialization of health care, such as the proponents of H.R. 3962 or H.R. 3200, argue that it's a positive right. They would say that John is able to get his medical attention, and dammit, he can make Paul subsidize the monetary (or potentially even other) costs of that decision.

Arguing against specific legislation is one thing, but the best way to put the kibosh on things like H.R. 3962 is to defeat the underlying premise in which it is built. In the current case, it's that health care is a positive right.

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