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September 17, 2024

Title: Health Care is NOT a Right
Topic: Health Care

Discussed by Steve McKee
with The Heritage Foundation (www.Heritage.org)

Directly from the 2024 Democrat Party platform: “Health care should be a right in America, not a privilege.”

Today, new guest Steve McKee refutes that claim and explains why. Steve is a visiting fellow at The Heritage Foundation and a journalist for The Daily Signal.

Click here to read Steve’s editorial on this important issue.

Questions/Issues Discussed:

Has the Democrat Party been claiming that health care is a right (not a privilege) for decades?

Is claiming healthcare to be a right lazy? Steve believes too many people think that just because they want something, it should be free.

Is claiming healthcare to be a right ignorant of natural law? Steve explains the meaning of natural law and believes many politicians just simply do not understand it.

Is claiming healthcare to be a right just plain deceptive? Steve says: “It’s a cynical ploy to get votes and that’s what’s so shameful about it.”

In 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt listed his “Second Bill of Rights” in his 1944 State of the Union address. What did his list include?

Is any health care really “free”? Who picks up the tab?

Many people believe that the American government should pay the health care costs for every person. After all, that’s a good thing, right? Steve explains the difference between being “right” and being “good”.

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