One can talk of a Right to health care as stemming from the DOI rights to life and the pursuit of happiness. At the same time, health care providers have the same right to liberty. I am all in favor of using markets to meet these rights to the extent they can, but if that's all we have, too many fall through the cracks. So I find the logic behind Obamacare sound, even if the applications of it need tweaking and revisiting. Socialized healthcare (like socialized police and fire protection) has its merits, but might be too heavy-handed to work well in the US. Gosh, I guess I'm admitting I really don't know. But let's working on the problem.
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"Talk of 'rights' is just a rhetorical game progressives play to get the policies they want (usually a single payer system). But talk of 'rights' does nothing for the goal of actually figuring out how to get people reasonable access to the healthcare they need. To do that, we have to deal directly with the problems of affordability (as in the United States) or with the perverse consequences of rationing (as in Canada). The disastrous rollout of Obamacare just might stimulate a serious, widespread discussion of these options for the first time."
