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Basic Facts media type="custom" key="9136650" Is Health Care A Right?
 * # 46.3 million people in the United States (15.4% of the US population) did not have health insurance in 2008.
 * 1)  62.1% of all US bankruptcies in 2007 were related to medical expenses . Approximately 78% of medical bankruptcies were filed by people who had health insurance.
 * 2) Out of the 193 member states of the World Health Organization, the United States ranked #1 in per capita health care expenditures ($6,719).
 * 3) The United States is one of the few, if not the only, developed nation in the world that does not guarantee health coverage for its citizens. ||   ||   ||

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Hear from both sides!
 * **// "Should all Americans have the right (be entitled) to health care?" //** ||
 * ** PRO **** Right to Health Care ** || ** CON **** Right to Health Care ** ||
 * 1. Health care is a human right. The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that "everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of oneself and one's family, including... medical care." || 1. It is the individual's responsibility, not that of the government's, to ensure personal health. Diseases and health problems, such as obesity, cancer, stroke, and diabetes can often be prevented by individuals choosing to live healthier lifestyles. ||
 * 2. All Americans should have a right to health care because the Declaration of Independence states that all men have the unalienable right to "Life," which entails having the health care needed to preserve life. || 2. Health care should not be a right because it is inconsistent with the Declaration of Independence, which guarantees the right to "pursue" happiness, not the right to happiness or free medical services. ||
 * 3. All Americans should have the right to health care as do citizens of other nations. The United States is one of the few, if not the only, developed nation in the world that does not guarantee health coverage for its citizens. || 3. No one should be entitled to health care because it is a service and a material good that a person must pay for to obtain. ||
 * 4. Ensuring that all Americans have the right to health care will decrease health care costs by allowing people to receive regular and preventive medical care and not wait until they are chronically ill to seek treatment when medical costs are much higher. || 4. Guaranteeing everyone health care will lead to longer wait-times for patients to receive diagnoses and treatment of illnesses, as is the case in Canada and the UK, potentially denying patients with chronic diseases timely medical care. ||

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