Lubbock Avalanche-Journal September 25, 2022
Healthcare is one of the most hotly debated subjects in contemporary politics. What role should government play in the provision of medical services? Many people believe healthcare is a human right. As such, the government should make it available to the public free of charge. This sounds compassionate and humane. It’s not. The more we examine proposals for government-funded medicine—let alone government-run medicine—the less attractive it becomes.
Be very careful before you declare something a human right. All rights come with obligations. When the Founding Fathers proclaimed a natural right to life, they meant a right not to be murdered by other human beings. We have a negative obligation to refrain from harming our neighbors. But a right to health...
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