Health care is not a “right”

Besides doing nothing to help competition, cost, and those who are uninsured, Obamacare is based on a misconceived notion – The notion that healthcare is a god given “right” and that the only one who can provide this right is the government. Liberals constantly say “I believe that everyone should have healthcare because it is a fundamental right. Why do I have any more of a right to health than someone who is poor – we are all created equal.”

First of all healthcare is not among the god given rights provided in the Constitution. The founders, who were no less intelligent then us, did not believe that all people were given the same talents and merits and therefore not everyone was destined for the same fate. When Liberals protest that healthcare is among the most important of human rights, and that you cannot deprive anyone of it, they are wrong. There are several other, much more important fundamental preconditions of human existence, such as food, shelter, and clothing. Even though no one denies that everyone should have shelter, clothing, and food many people are homeless and starving. And yet no one suggests that you have a right to a healthy, balanced diet, or that the government would be the best at providing this for all Americans. So how is health care any different?

Secondly, and this one is hard to accept, but your mother is wrong when she says that “all people are created equal”. All people were not created equal, all people should be treated equal and not discriminated against because of their race or religion, but all people were Not created equal. For instance, I would love to be a professional baseball player, but if god hasn’t blessed me with great eye-hand coordination and a wicked arm I simply have to except that I’m not going to make it in the big leagues. This is the harsh reality of our world that has been driven out of our minds by a government who wishes to make us believe that there is some sort of “utopian society” that can only be achieved by government control. This is not true simply because god created us all in his image, but he did not create us all to be perfect.

This notion of “universality” is closely linked to the notion of “equality”, which has been the liberals talking point dating back for decades. And even today they are being disingenuous when they convince people Obamacare is going to provide “equality.” Just because there is equality does not guarantee things will be good for everyone. For instance, if they can manage to provide everyone will equal healthcare that says nothing to the fact of whether it will be good healthcare. After all 70% of Americans with health insurance already rate their coverage as good or excellent!

The liberals use this concept of equality to prey on those who don’t want to be called “unsympathetic” or “merciless”, when in fact the ones who throw in with the government are the ones lacking sympathy. If they had real compassion they wouldn’t care about proving it to the world they would rely on their own acts of kindness to speak for themselves. They would spend less time boasting about being compassionate and more time actually helping people. But you see for the left and Obama it’s all about the image of compassion and not about actually getting results. If your plan is labeled “helping the homeless”, but the plan doesn’t actually help any homeless people you shouldn’t be boasting about anything.

That is one of the key differences between Democrats and Republicans on this matter. The Republicans realize the problem with health insurance in this country just as well as the Democrats do. But the Republicans realize that their decision will affect millions of lives and it is in the American people’s best interest to take the time to get it right. However, the Democrats exploit this realization in order to grow the government and inject it into every aspect of our lives. “Social justice” and “compassion” are catalysts that the Liberals use to make themselves seem genuine and trustworthy when in fact they are only attacking what makes us such a compassionate nation in the first place, our freedom.