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Originally Posted by RJF
Where is the Constitution does it say that health care is a right?
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Of course the Constitution doesn't mention anything about health care. The concept didn't exist at the time the founders wrote the Constitution.
The first President of the United States, George Washington, died as a result of blood-letting - a common "medical" procedure at the time - after contracting pneumonia and laryngitis.
Washington's famed wooden teeth (which were actually made out of a combination of ivory and horse teeth) were fitted due the fact that Washington had only a single tooth left by the time he became president.
The reason?
Washington lost most of his teeth due to mercury oxide (!!!), which was used as a treatment for malaria and small pox.
Penicillin, blood transfusions, x-rays, pacemakers, DNA research - all the things we think of when it comes to health care - were all concepts invented or discovered well after the constitution was written.
Therefore, the argument that if the founders had intended for health care to be a right it would be in the Constitution, is a logical fallacy.
Besides, as wise as the founders were, they didn't get it right all the time.
The 3/5 compromise ring a bell?
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Government controlled health care is nothing but the government taking more control of our lives. If they pass this legislation, government will control what you eat, what you drink, what you drive, what you can smoke, what you can do...period, because everything is health-related.
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That, again, is a logical trap.
Our political system revolves around the concept of "government of the people, by the people, for the people".
The "government" can't govern without the consent of the people, be it tacit or explicit.
Tyranny can only develop as a result of public apathy. While that may very well be a real possibility, I believe that's a discussion that falls outside the scope of the debate at hand (a right to health care).
Besides, the government already regulates all the things you mentioned.