Let’s talk about rights, baby
Jonah Goldberg on where rights come from:
Which is the whole point. Health care cannot be a right, because rights cannot come from government. At best, they can be protected by government. The founders understood this, which is why our Bill of Rights is really a list of restrictions on the government in Washington. “Congress shall make no law . . . ” is how the First Amendment begins.
–Sam
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[...] As Sam pointed out, Jonah Goldberg at the National Review argues that healthcare is not a ”right.” He says that under Obama’s plan: …an official body – staffed with government doctors, actuaries, economists, and other experts – will determine which health-care treatments, procedures, and remedies are cost-effective and which are not. Then it will decide which ones will get paid for and which won’t. Would a 70-year-old woman be able to get a hip replacement, or would that not be considered a wise allocation of resources? Would a 50-year-old man not be permitted an expensive test his doctor wants if the rules say the cheaper, less-thorough one is sufficient? [...]
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