Question

Do you believe that all Americans should have the right to medical care when they need it?  

Explain and support your response. 5-7 sentences.

Answer 1

There are rights to which we are entitled, simply by virtue of our humanity. Among all the rights to which we are entitled, medical care may be the most intersectional and crucial. Without our health we—literally—do not live, let alone live with dignity. The United States does not really have a health care system, only a health insurance system.

Yes, I believe that all Americans, As individuals, we have a responsibility to contribute to making health care available to each of us. We have a right to the actual health care envisioned by FDR, Martin Luther King Jr., and the United Nations.

Band-aids won’t fix this mess, but a true health care system can and will. As humans, we must name and claim this right for ourselves and our future generations.