The Constitutional Right to Health Care: An Historical Perspective in 5 Parts.

Posted on | July 19, 2022 | Comments Off on The Constitutional Right to Health Care: An Historical Perspective in 5 Parts.

Mike Magee

Several weeks ago, I raised a red flag that assaults on women’s right to control their own health decisions threatened their autonomy, as well as the professional rights of physicians.

Last week, I suggested that recent changes at the interface of economics and education in the American electorate had created a “polarity reversal” in swing voters. This created on the one hand, an extremist climate that over-turned Roe v. Wade, and on the other hand expanded the possibility that Medicare for All (M4A) might become a reality in the future.

Health care and human rights are inseparable. In this follow-up 5-part series, I review the Constitutional basis for claiming the “right to health care” for all American citizens in an effort to provide much needed historical context to guide future debate.

Part I: The Argument – Who Controls Your Rights?

Part II: Common Sense vs. Power Plays: “Let the end be legitimate.”

Part III: The Right to Privacy and Health.

Part IV. The Need for Reform: “Necessitous men are not free men.”

Part V. Addressing “The Tyranny of the Minority.” M4A- an entry point.