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The 28th Amendment: protecting the right to health care and health care insurance
Dr. Steven J. Allen
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The 28th Amendment: protecting the right to health care and health care insurance
by Dr. Steven J. Allen
November 19, 2013
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I propose an amendment to protect Americans’ right to health care. “Congress shall make no law abridging the right to obtain health care or health care insurance, or imposing a tax or other penalty for the failure to obtain health care or health care insurance.” Such an amendment would protect a right that Americans have anyway, under the Ninth and Tenth Amendments, the catchall provisions protecting all rights held by free citizens circa 1789 or later. However, a new amendment is necessary because the political class has refused to recognize the right to healthcare. Yes, healthcare is a right. But, as Bill Clinton might say, that depends on what the meaning of “right” is. A right is an aspect of life in which the government cannot intervene. For example,
the Freedom of Religion protected by the First Amendment prohibits the federal government from either establishing a religion (i.e., creating a state religion such as the Church of England) or prohibiting the free exercise of religion.