The Right to Healthcare is Owed, Not Earned

Last updated on: March 18, 2017 at 3:55 pm by Matthew Tyson

The Right to Healthcare is Owed, Not Earned 2017-03-18T15:55:51-05:00 Matthew Tyson

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What is healthcare in the first place?

Is it a right—something to which all people are entitled regardless of income, job status, age, or health?

Or is it a consumer good—a service that’s meant to be bought and sold on the market?

Approached from an entirely secular, political perspective, this is, admittedly, a complex question worthy of debate. However, for any Catholic, the answer should be a pretty simple.

Healthcare is a right. It absolutely is. And that’s not my opinion, but the position of the Church.

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