IS HEALTH CARE A “RIGHT”?
Senator Sanders says health care is a “right.” I disagree.
I don’t see it listed under our Bill OF RIGHTS. If health care is a Right does that mean any
citizen can sue if he/she doesn’t get the same level of care as Bill
Gates. A person may say “The USA is a
rich country and I am a citizen of the USA and therefore I am entitled to the
highest level of care available and someone or some entity has to pay for it.” Are those citizens who fail or refuse to
follow doctors orders on such things as smoking, obesity, diabetes and a myriad
of other illnesses that develop, entitled to demand their “rights.” I am sympathetic to their need, but not to
the extent that I want to pay for it.
Health care is an essential element of all societies, but
that does not mean we, the citizens, are responsible and have to pay for every
illness of every citizen. We all have a
responsibility for our own health. Our
government has the responsibility to provide for the PUBLIC health through
various public health clinics, flu shots, epidemics etc. We already have the Center for Disease
Control in Atlanta plus a big
departments in Washington. As far as the
delivery of health care to our citizens, it is the Government that must create
the business CLIMATE that induces, attracts health care personnel from doctors and
all ancillary personnel to the field.
The Government has many tools to do this if they wish to make use of
them. Such as using tax advantages to
induce physicians and ancillary personnel to locate in rural areas.
