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The "right to life, liberty, and the persuit of happiness" to Sanders an many others implies a right to Healh Care in that life depends on health care in many cases and it is hard to persue happiness is one is not sufficiently healthy. Others argue that there is no explicit mention of Health Care per se in the Constitution as originally written or in the Bill of Rights or subsequent amendments.


There were many countries whose laws proclaimed that health care was a right but could not deliver the health care to many of its citizens. However, every developed country except the United States considered health care a right and delivered health care to its people. The large majority of U. S. citizens received good health care but not as a right.


John Lewis
John Lewis
  • Born: February 21, 1940
  • Died: July 17, 2020
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Politician

John Robert Lewis was an American politician, statesman, and civil rights activist and leader who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020. He was the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from 1963 to 1966.