Why One Ought to Study Political Philosophy

While it would be nice if everyone had health insurance, do we really believe everyone has a right to health insurance?

Now a right to health care differs from other rights, such as the right to free speech or freedom of worship. Those rights demand nothing of others but noninterference. By contrast, medical care is an economic good, requiring resources. It must be provided by someone. If Joe needs medical care and cannot pay for it, then to say he has a right to medical care is to say someone else must give it to him, or buy it for him. It means he has a claim on someone else's resources that cannot be denied.

The healthcare debate is pretty lame because the liberal argument boils down to - we're a rich country, we ought to be able to afford healthcare for everyone.

Would a rich country have this much debt?