"Why should it be a right? What gives humans the right to be born and then trash the planet?"
According to the Declaration of Independence, the first right is endowed by the Creator, and is unalienable, along with liberty and pursuit of happiness. Healthcare, however, cannot be one person's right with about being the responsibility of another to provide it. There can be no "right" that interferes with the care-giver's right to liberty. Of course, one can choose to provide medical care, for compensation, or in furtherance of one's personal mission, as nuns do when they work as nurses.
Imagine medical professionals dis-incentivized by long hours, intrusive regulations, high taxes, and being sued to smithereens. Do you suppose they would quit, leave the empty hospital, and join the angry crowd in chanting, "healthcare is a right?" |
