The article “Is Health Care a Right?” creates a very good
argument. The author Maggie Mahar talks about whether or not health care is a “right”
or if it is a responsibility. She explains how it is mostly the poor population
that has the majority of problems with health care. She also says how most of
the things that the poor die from are curable ailments. She uses examples from
the libertarian point of view on the situation. They ask why they have the “right”
to demand health care. The way she describes the need for health care as a
demand is intriguing. I say intriguing because this has been a very heated
debate within the past few years. Health care for one person or a family is a
responsibility, and should not have to be provided by the already ailing
federal and state governments. She also says that the people who cannot afford
health care should not be upset or angry with those who can because they have
worked hard for it. Mahar is making a great argument with all of what she is
saying. She uses a blog from a doctor who says that health care is not a right.
She uses very good support from others who also believe in what she does. She
touches on the counterarguments too. I think she creates a very valid argument.
She uses support and listens to the counterarguments to get a better grasp of
what it is that she is trying to say
