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Health care is not a privilege. It's a right. It's a right as fundamental as civil rights. It's a right as fundamental as giving every child a chance to get a public education.

I believe everyone should have healthcare. In all my correspondence - I've been saying for years - it's a right, not a privilege.

Make health care a right, not a privilege.

I don't know if there is a Democrat who necessarily doesn't believe health care is a right instead of privilege. There is a significant between us and the Republican Party on that issue.

So I can't show you how, exactly, health care is a basic human right. But what I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable.

I believe in universal health care. And I am not afraid to say so.

Government health care changes the relationship between the citizen and the state, and, in fact, I think it's an assault on citizenship.

The right to protect the health and well-being of every person, of those we love, is a basic human right.

The only way to do the human rights thing is to do the right thing medically.