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Rights in America are established in the Bill of Rights, part of the constitution.
In 1998 Clinton signed an Executive Order establishing a "Patients Bill of Rights" which is essentially the same as what several medical organizations had already operated under as their own code of ethics.
The EO entitles (not a right, an entitlement) an injured person to be stabilized at an emergency health facility (not necessarily the one he/she presents themselves to) Emergency Rooms can in fact turn you away if they do not participate in medicare or are private.
The entitlements under the Executive Order is also extended to non-citizens - which is why of course it is by definition not a right. Non-citizens have no rights in this country.
That, my friends is far from a 'right to health care'. It's an entitlement to a band-aid, paid for by Medicare. Health care means total, end to end access to medical treatment or services.
Health insurance is a product you buy or is bought for you that covers your costs (in whole or part) for medical treatment and services.
Let's get it right. Not only does Obama and the Dem's want to extend entitlements beyond the 60% of our budget it already is, they want to make it a right, not an entitlement. Doing so will take a constitutional amendment which just isn't going to happen.
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