You make a good point, but I disagree with you specifically on healthcare. By analogy, you have a right to representation (court appointed attorney) even if you can't pay for one. One is provided because most attorneys and the free market wouldn't provide a service for the indigent criminal were it otherwise. Should healthcare be the same as the right to representation? I think not. If you can't find a doctor that will take your case, should the government provide this for you, like the court appointed attorney. Again I don't thank so.
We could argue honestly about whether the government should provide court appointed attorneys to the indigent, but at least there is a textual basis from which to support the argument that the Constitution protects the right of representation. I don't think the same argument can be made for healthcare.
We could argue honestly about whether the government should provide court appointed attorneys to the indigent, but at least there is a textual basis from which to support the argument that the Constitution protects the right of representation. I don't think the same argument can be made for healthcare.
You were born with the right to healthcare. And you have the right to pay for it. The problem is when people claim to have rights and demand that another person pay for it. That's not a right, that's an entitlement.
The sooner we (re)discover that the better, and it would put an end to all kinds of crap.