# UHC Should Be Recognized As A Fundamental Birthright.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uhc-should-be-recognized-as-a-fundamental-birthright/533135>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 20, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uhc-should-be-recognized-as-a-fundamental-birthright/533135 "2010-03-20T15:03:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![adhay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uhc-should-be-recognized-as-a-fundamental-birthright/533135/5 "2010-03-20T18:19:39Z")

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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> Whether or not UHC should be a right is debatable\*. The reasons given in the OP are laughable. The US Constitution = Feudalism? That’s “clear”? I think you missed a few steps in your reasoning…

YMMV

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> - And, btw, we just did that a few months ago in [this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=537345&highlight=Health)

Thank you. Missed it.

This nailed it.

> [@Is Health Care a right, and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-health-care-a-right-and-why/515124/2):
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> How about a fair exchange of goods and services? The government benefits from a healthy population. Therefore, it is in the government’s interest to keep the population healthy. People pay taxes to the government. Therefore, they should receive things in return. Since health care is in their interest, then one of the benefits of being a citizen should be health care.

If our govt were popular rather than feudalistic, UHC is what we would have I’ll just bet.

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