No, you're right. It isn't a right at all, although under our law, hospitals (and doctors by the Hypocratic Oath) are obligated to treat and heal, regardless of financial status (at least to the point of stabilizing or preventing death) Therefore, we can continue the system as is, where one way or another, we pay for those without insurance, or we find a way to get them into the system. If we go with option 1, i.e. status quo, our health care will continue to rise to the point that even people who can afford it now, won't be able to. Not my "opinion", simply an observation of the current trend in medicine. Drug and hospital costs are rising, and a good portion of that is due to treating poor and uninsured. Now, we can turn a blind eye to that group, after all, this is a society where one makes his own way. Succeed or fail, all of it falls on the individual, right? But then, if we take that tack, how does that make our country any better than a 3rd rate poverty stricken country in Africa? And how does that jibe with the notion that this country was founded on Christian values? NO, it's not a right, but I for one feel a social obligation toward those less fortunate than me, since I have not always been so fortunate. It's not a matter of right at all, it's a matter of morality, and economics.
