re: #55 Thanos

The constitution pretty much says that it does not contain all rights. There’s good argument from long practice that catastrophic health care is a de facto right that might not be recorded in law, but which is basically recognized in practice. e.g. Hospitals do not turn away people in immanent danger of dying if they can’t pay.

I don’t believe all flavors of health care is a “right”, but it’s de facto practice to treat people in danger of dying.

this is hardly Calcutta when it comes to people dying in the streets. we SHOULD help fellow citizens who need it. and we mostly do. we all contribute time and money to charitable causes. that is why we’re a pretty cool nation. but once our charitable good deeds are mandated and taken over by bureaucrats, people will be coarsened because we will learn to depend on “big brother” instead of being our brother’s keeper.