Senator Obama has gone on record saying that health care is a right. Bad move, pandering to his base. Dr. Wes warns that this is a slippery slope that will dwarf the current housing crisis. As Hawaii learned in the example below, providing this right will almost certainly drive the country into bankruptcy:

As we consider this entitlement, we must now ask ourselves how, exactly, the government will implement this initiative to make healthcare a “right.” Can the government really supply the facilities, the doctors, the finances to make this happen? Or will they, like the housing industry, turn to private corporations to lead the charge?

I lean more towards Shadowfax’s and Maggie Mahar’s assertion that health care should be more of a moral obligation. By entitling health care, there will be little incentive for the American public to make the sacrifices necessary to tackle rising health care spending.