Since the courts have at least twice ruled that no one has a legal right to Social Security (i.e., Congress can—and almost certainly will—change eligibility rules or benefits whenever it wants, including deciding not to pay any benefits whatsoever), then it’s a large stretch to view Obamacare as conferring any sort of “right” to health care—especially since it leaves 23 million uninsured. Is our failure to cover them denying them some sort of right?
Progressives may not view it this way, but from the standpoint of the law, that’s how the program would be viewed (assuming Obamacare can even survive efforts to kill it on constitutional grounds, through repeal or substantial modification).
Do you know how any of the court cases are progressing?