Rand Paul vs. Bernie Sanders on the 'Right' to Health Care
[video]https://youtu.be/ug7fyAe2HeM[/video]
Rand points out that the 'Right' to health care necessarily means enslaving or conscripting providers. And he is absolutely right - if one man has a 'right' to my services, how can I have the 'right' to refuse?
He also points out that many doctors and medical facilities voluntarily offer care to people before investigating their ability to pay for it.
Bernie responds with multiple logical fallacies. Asking a doctor if she currently feels like a slave? This 'right' to health care is not currently enforced, how are her current 'feelings' relevant?
The liberals scored this one as a win for themselves, but I think Rand nailed it.
Rand is certainly correct. A more arguable point would have been to say that the false right to health care makes slaves out of the people who are forced to pay for it.
Then the follow up question might go like this: "Do you think the police might break down your door if you refuse to pay your Obamacare fines? Does that make you feel like a slave?"