As the GOP prepares to continue its long and painful process of self-immolation by voting (or not voting) on a bill whose greatest priorities appear to be cutting taxes for rich people and allowing young, healthy people to pay less into the system if they so desire, there appears to be a great deal of confusion about what health care is. Most Republicans seem to operate from the principle that health care is merely a market commodity like soda or shoes, while the Left is committed to the idea that health care is a human right. (I use “Republicans” and “left” here because both the Right and the Democrats seem to be unable make up their minds either way.) I would argue that health care per se is not a human right, but it is a social good upon which the right to life is contingent.
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