Health Care is a Human Right

If our bodies are just objects, our lives are shorter and less free

Health care is not only a human right, but essential to all the others.  If we let ourselves be convinced that our rights do not extend to our bodies, if we accept that our bodies are just objects in a market, we will live shorter and less dignified lives.

Thomas Jefferson spoke of our rights as those of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.  Noth…