Is a "Right to Prescription Drugs" Good Medicine?
by David Holcberg

Excerpt:

"Most members of both parties assume that senior citizens have a "right to
health care," which includes a "right to prescription drugs."......

But if seniors had a right to receive medical care, then others would be legally
bound to provide it for them -- non-seniors would be forced by law to support
seniors' medical needs.

In a free society no man should have a legal claim to the life and property of
another. In justice, no man should have a right to demand that another surrender
his effort, his money or his property -- not even to pay for seniors' medical
bills. This type of demand amounts to a crime, whether the criminal is a man, a
gang, or the US government.

Any use of force against a human being is morally wrong and is a violation of
his individual rights and of his freedom.

Government exists to protect our individual rights, not to violate them. There
are no "noble" causes that would justify a reversal of government's role from
enforcer to destroyer of rights. This reversal has always proven to have
terrible consequences."

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