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False Alternative: “Is Health Care a Right or a Privilege?”

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

by Michael Cloud

“Do you believe health care is a right or a privilege?” the CNN host asked two guests.

“Health care is a right, not a privilege,” said speaker after speaker at televised memorials for the late Senator Ted Kennedy.

“Is health care a right or a privilege?” ask hosts and guests on NPR, PBS, CNN, and MSNBC. You’ll read the question dozens of times on Big Government Blogs and websites. In essays and articles by Big Government partisans promoting Government-run medical care, or Government Monopoly-Funded medical insurance.

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