Affordable Healthcare Act upheld

[Pinky]

lol it's a bit staggering that so much argument had to go into providing Americans with a fundamental human right.

I'm unconvinced that "positive" rights exist like this. For medical services to be a right somebody has to pay for and supply the serivce. If people want to give you charity and doctors want to help you then that's one thing, and that sounds nice to make sure everyone can have that but there is a famous road paved with good intentions. In reality it cannot happen for everyone everywhere without the use of force that's as broad as the "right" is. It's negative rights that are truly fundamental because they don't require that someone be subjugated for another's benefit.

EDIT: Ironically, at the same time, we're stripping away those same fundamental human rights from refugees and landed immigrants, which I find beyond disgusting.

No government has infinite resources. It's a flaw of all activity: no matter what you believe, a positive action cannot apply to everyone forever. The question is which distribution system is more efficient and effective, the private market or the government. I'm surprised that there's anybody left in the first world that believes the government has the competitive edge.