Isn't health care a good, not a right?

Newton Fedorko: Memphis TN: 100 involved in fight filled with bats, 2x4's, even a lady in a wheelchairhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ3DGJaLT2M

Aldo Decurtis: ! ... Look how his media play's the angle ! ... Were always being told that the Liberals are the intelligent ones ! ... I keep waiting for that to happen , I guess I'll die of old age first ... Does anyone know how this fool got to be a congressman ? ... What another embarrassment if you ask me !

Zora Mazzie: No, first off many in that video are to young to vote and if they are they most likely be apart of the 90 to a 100 million who don't vote because I seriously doubt any of them care about politics what so ever unless you pay them cash. If you offer handouts they can get rather they vote or not it's not going to get them registered and out to vote.

Elvin Weichbrodt: he's a typical liberal democrat.if Palin said something like this it would be all over MSNBC for the next 7 weeks... a democrat ! says it and they try to play if off or ignore it.

Elissa Curlin: Yep! These are the proud people who put Obama in office just because he was "Black"

Irma Poiter: "We the People... promote the general Welfare"The goal of improving the well-being of every American is one of the reasons why the Constitution was ordained and established. It's a right, the same as equal justice and national defense.

Alma Twomey: Some of them. Since we keep being told that black people vote Democrat, chances are none of these individuals voided GOP.

Carmina Stickney: No, they represent American corporations and special interests. Those same entities that have screwed us over time and time again. After health care reform passes, (thanks to Obama and the democrats), the next big battle will be financial reform. Guess which side the republicans will take.(Hint. it ain't us.) They also don't want an independent Consumer Protection Bureau which would protect us from the likes! of Wall Street sharks. To be a democrat or a republican shou! ld not be considered a long term goal or a livelihood that you can retire on. Strict term limits should be imposed as well as campaign finance reform. You are elected to serve the people. That's your focus, not the special interests who fill your coffers to run again next election so you can fufill their promises. It's we the people, not we the insurance industry or we the financial industry.

Enriqueta Steffen: You R0n Paul freaks need to go start your own website - no one normal cares. At all.

Marcia Cheathan: Just Chippin’ AwayAmendment X- The Rights of States under the Constitution.The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.This is a very simple, straightforward amendment to the Constitution, and the one that was most responsible for all the disparate states coming together, despite the many varied viewpoints and concerns the separate state! s had at that time. This amendment ensured that there would not be a heavy- handed, central government riding roughshod over the rights of these citizens in the various states. You see, back then, we worried about Kings, and unbridled power over the people.The tenth amendment made it more difficult to make laws that were “constitutional”, in that they didn’t give unwarranted power to a central power, like say, a king, or a pseudo- messiah.And yet here we are, on the cusp of giving Hussein The Incompetent a “mandate” A mandate? Not likely, when almost every governor in the fifty states have some problems with this power grab. I am sure that some of them truly do not grasp the big picture, but what they do see is enough to scare them for the future of their state. The nation’s governors, Democrats as well as Republicans, voiced deep concern on Sunday about the shape of the health care bill emerging from Congress, fearing that the federal government is about to han! d them expensive new Medicaid obligations without providing the money t! o pay for them.The role of the states in a restructured health care system dominated the summer meeting of the National Governors Association here this weekend â€" with bipartisan animosity voiced against the Obama administration’s plan during a closed-door luncheon on Saturday and in a private meeting on Sunday afternoon with the secretary of health and human services, Kathleen Sebelius.“I think the governors would all agree that what we don’t want from the federal government is unfunded mandates,” said Gov. Jim Douglas of Vermont, a Republican who is the group’s incoming chairman. “We can’t have the Congress impose requirements that we are forced to absorb beyond our capacity to do so.”Now notice, where the governors expressed concern because they might not get the money to pay for this boondoggle- when what they really should be worrying about is the blatant abuse of State’s Rights going on here. Instead they worry about getting their share. They are pi! ggies at the trough, when they should be fighting for their State’s citizens rights against an oppressive government. Talk about twisted ideals.The Constitution does nowhere state that everyone has a right to healthcare. Therefore the Federal government has no right to impose this on the states.You can and should make the same argument about the Cap and Tax bill that Congress has passed. There is nothing in the Constitution about a right to “clean energy” or anything related, so the government has no legal seat at the table. So they try to slide by a bill that skirts the Constitutional issue of State’s Rights. This, they feel, gives them the excuse to stick their heavy hand into the State’s business, when they are Constitutionally bound to stay out of said business.The Governor’s Conference, where almost half of the Governors did not attend, was stroked by HHS head Sebilius, once a governor herself. She talked until she was blue in the face, but didn’t make m! uch of an impression.It was unclear whether the governors’ associatio! n would put together a statement expressing its dismay, at least partly because half of the governors did not attend. Many, including the group’s chairman, Gov. Edward G. Rendell, D-Pa., stayed home to deal with budget crises.Some of the group’s most recognizable names â€" Arnold Schwarzenegger of California, Sarah Palin of Alaska, Charlie Crist of Florida, Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota, Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, David Paterson of New York, Jennifer M. Granholm of Michigan and Mark Sanford of South Carolina â€" were not here.But the sentiment among those who were could not have been more consistent, regardless of political party. The governors said in interviews and public sessions that the bills being drafted in Congress would not do enough to curb the growth in health spending. And they said they were convinced that a major expansion of Medicaid would leave them with heavy costs.They are already anticipating large gaps in Medicaid financing after 2010, when stimulus mone! y will no longer be available. And they point out that Medicaid already suffers from low payment rates to health care providers, discouraging some doctors and hospitals from accepting beneficiaries.If Medicaid is expanded, states would almost surely have to increase payments to doctors to encourage more of them to participate.Gov. Phil Bredesen, D-Tenn., said he feared Congress was about to bestow “the mother of all unfunded ma...Show more

Jeff Frizzell: We're making it a Right. We're in power, you're on the sidelines watching. We make the rules now.

Fannie Collingwood: Naturally. Democrats have this " cave man " thing going for them . They are trying to appear more macho since approving the homosexual life style. Can't say as I blame them. This effeminate image isn't very attractive to the majority of Americans.

Asley Quickle: No it's called losing our liberty and driving us into bankruptcy. It's plain socialism.

Booker Moros: Republicans know t! hey can't block the healthcare from passing the house. This is just a ! tactic to get votes in november. Republicans need to understand they're just a minority, as proved over and over. They don't represent the values of the american people but just the values of a few ignorant.

Ty Kirton: I really considered it a service.

Filiberto Amauty: It's a privilege in this country AND a commercial endeavor. To be honest, I'm GLAD it's a commercial endeavor. Things that are driven by profit margins and companies that are beholden to stockholders are basically trapped into providing a "good product" or they lose money.Government programs are NOT expected to operate at a profit and therefore, the quality of the "product" is often poor....Show more

Clare Hoard: For most of history, Health care was a holy duty of a priestly class. Manning leper colonies and draining plague boils wasn't a high paying gig. Now docs all want to make better boobies for The Real Housewives of OC, and dodge any responsibility for botched surgery.

Eulah! Hugill: But making health care, a good/service, a right intrudes on other peoples rights?Oh wait, it is a right. It's right here in the imaginary amendment.

Janita Tetlow: 1

Rayford Speziale: its a sector of the economy

May Stands: Health care, food, clothing, shelter, transportation, education, etc are all commodities and there is no Constitutional right to any of them. People need to learn what a "right" is. In our Constitutional form of Government, rights are something that are granted by God or "or the Creator". They do not come from the Government and cannot be limited by or removed by the Government. Among those rights are the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. There is no "right" to happiness only the right to pursue happiness. You have no more right to health care as you do to a ride to work in the morning or a cup of coffee. The Founders were "word smiths". They spend many, many days laboring over every word choice, ever! y mark of punctuation in the documents they wrote. That is why there i! s such an economy of words and clear and concise meaning.So, the preamble of the Constitution includes the phrase;"...establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity..." and they carefully chose those words. Establish Justice-means to set up a system of fair and just laws and courts to administer them.Insure Domestic Tranquility- means to see to that people are left alone and not harassed.Promote the General Welfare-means to actively seek to only take action that is in the best interest of the people.Secure the blessing of Liberty-means to keep sacred the liberty and its benefits to our citizens and to generations to come.PROVIDE for the Common defense-This is the only item on the list that specifically uses the term "provide for". That means pay for. The only one of the items on this list that the Federal Government is specifically ordered to ! fund is the military. They could have used the word "provide" for each of these things but they did not. All the other prepositions basically instruct the Federal Government to have conditions favorable to those things but not the "Common Defense" that is something the Federal Government is to provide.People just are not being taught what it means to be an American or what the Founders intent was in creating this the greatest country on earth.*...Show more

Mitzie Clough: "the persuit of life" is in the Constitution.bankers didn't work for their welfare.well said edward.a good? you mean like a hamburger?actually the usa has the most unpopular health care system.govt programs are evil? what about social security and medicare? or the medicare drug plan?82% of canadians prefer their health care system over ours....Show more

Peggy Sandefer: I don't believe anyone should be refused medical assistance - therefore health care is a right.Selective surgeries (breast aug! mentation) are not health care!!

Caleb Chapman: Probably rioting ! while everyone else was at work paying for the apartments where these people are living.

Darrel Stele: who, huh?

Joey Mekeel: It is actually a service not a good and it is a right when it is an emergency life threatening issue, but so is getting paid for this service. Government is neither good at health care or finance. We have the best Health care in the world! Countries with public insurance have the worst health care in the world. Governments look only at cost effectiveness and insurance coverage. Socialized medicine can be considered a human rights violation given this information.http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba649http://www.liberty-page.com/issues/healthcare/soci...http://www.liberty-page.com/issues/healthcare/soci......Show more

Gladys Worthing: WE ARE CATCHING UP TO THE REST OF THE WORLD AND MAKING IT A RIGHT.IT IS CALLED PROGRESS.

Von Houskeeper: I bet you like Ron Paul..** lol! I just went on the link now. I'm sooo right. "...Show more

Abel Adger: General welfare, not the specific welfare young one. Forgetting the 9th and 10th amendment are we?

Tana Dumoulin: It comes as a good sometimes concerning prescriptions and getting different treatments. So health care is kind of both. Though seriously...The Preamble serves solely as an introduction and does not assign powers to the federal government, nor does it provide specific limitations on government action. Due to the Preamble's limited nature, it has almost certainly never been relied upon by any court as the decisive factor in deciding a case, except regarding frivolous litigation....Show more