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Josh Barro:

Of course, this is not consistent with the idea that there is a “right to health care.” A right to what health care? Well, “basic” health care, is usually the reply. Or, if you prefer, “sufficient.” So what does “basic” or “sufficient” mean? That this is a question subject to political debate and cost-benefit analysis is your clue that we’re dealing not with a right but with a strategic question of how to best improve public welfare, in which health care is only one of many goods available.