Let's stop trying to use the "health care is a right" argument. [View All]

You and I may believe that it is. But it is NOT a good basis for debate with a Conservative (or with people who might be swayed by Conservative arguments against universal health care). They immediately challenge you to quote chapter and verse from the Constitution on where such a right can be found. It's a waste of our time.

I've found a more effective argument. Ask why every other industrial country in the world have universal health care for their people and "Do you think those countries see some benefit in having a healthy population? Do you think maybe they want healthy people to work in their economy? Do you think maybe they think their people will be more productive if they are healthy? And maybe happier because they don't have to face financial ruin with a catastrophic illness?"

The economic argument works better with these people, IMO. And it's one we can win pretty easily.