Healthcare Isn't a Right

At the healthcare rally in Birmingham (My Report from the Birmingham Healthcare Rally), one of the signs that I noticed a supporter of Obamacare holding up said "Healthcare is a right." Curious, I asked her what she meant by that. She told me that when everyone is born, the government should guarantee for them all the healthcare they want without them having to pay anything for it. She said that it was a right for everyone to get drugs, services, treatments, and whatever they need just whenever they want.

Curious, I asked her where this right came from. She gave me a blank look before saying "the government." That wasn't true, I pointed out- if the government had given her the right to healthcare, she wouldn't have to be fighting for it. She said that she wanted government to give her the right to get whatever healthcare she wanted without paying for it. I pointed out that that wasn't a right- that was an entitlement.

Rights, as I told her, were given to us by God, and existed before government was there, and will exist after government is gone. Before government and after government, I still have certain rights, such as the right to live, the right to live in freedom, and the right to keep and earn property. Before government existed, I asked this supporter of Obamacare, did she have free healthcare? After government is gone, will she still get free healthcare?

No, she replied, but she didn't care- she just wanted free healthcare. I told her it isn't free- she'll have to pay for it, I'll have to pay for it, and most likely with the government running it, we'll both be paying more and getting less. She replied she didn't care, healthcare was a right, and then started saying "bah-bah-bah-bah-bah" over and over until I grew bored and left (I made up that last part, but essentially that's what sheep say).

Today, I'm watching clips of various politicians from Obama to Kennedy all say over and over again with conviction that healthcare is a right. Do they really know what that means, or are they just like the lady I confronted, someone who wants something for nothing and tries to cloak their language of theft and tyranny in the language of freedom and liberty?