Bingo. That’s the word from the White House today.
"Health insurance isn’t a privilege—it is your right. And we’re going to keep it that way." —President Obama: http://t.co/NTsJspNw2c
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) August 17, 2013
Your rights? They come from Obama. Ladies and gentlemen, the constitutional scholar in chief:
We’ve heard over and over that “health care is a right.” In the president’s weekly address, he announced that “health insurance” is now a right.
[I]n the United States of America, health insurance isn’t a privilege – it is your right. And we’re going to keep it that way.
Say what?
Evidently Obama is done kvetching about being “constrained” by the Constitution.
@whitehouse Life, Liberty, the Pursuit of Happiness, and Health Insurance.
— jerylbier (@JerylBier) August 17, 2013
.@whitehouse Health insurance is your right! Therefore, the government will force you to buy it. #Obamacare
— jerylbier (@JerylBier) August 17, 2013
Declaring health *insurance* a right, not simply health *care*, the @whitehouse one-ups socialist Bernie Sanders ->https://t.co/Mdb5vXio5S
— jerylbier (@JerylBier) August 17, 2013
https://twitter.com/pjswan/status/368714641930584064
https://twitter.com/JayCaruso/status/368749365822631937
https://twitter.com/Thorrison/status/368751002255491073
Inconceivable!
https://twitter.com/Thorrison/status/368752755319394305
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/368743918818455552
No, not a right RT @whitehouse: "Health insurance isn’t a privilege—it is your right. And we’re going to keep it that way." —President Obama
— Terri (@CantBelieve10) August 17, 2013
. @whitehouse please oh please show us where in the Constitution it says we have a right to health insurance. @BarackObama
— Paul (@pday_swla) August 17, 2013
You don't bestow rights. RT @whitehouse: "Health insurance isn’t a privilege—it is your right. And we’re going to keep it that way"
— Andy Lancaster (@andylancaster) August 17, 2013
https://twitter.com/jnuisitcihnel/status/368741986569695235
Train wreck, indeed.
@whitehouse then why give waivers to big corps, exempt congress and some federal employees and piecemeal implementation?
— Martin (@jusleanica) August 17, 2013
Exit questions for the White House:
So obviously a gun HAS to be a right, right? “@whitehouse: "Health insurance isn’t a privilege—it is your right." http://t.co/3Mn1ahISsZ”
— Brian Faughnan (@BrianFaughnan) August 17, 2013
What else is a right?
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) August 17, 2013
We’re not sure we want the answer to that last one.
(Hat tip: Jeryl Bier)