Does the Constitution of Vermont or the U.S. give us the right to healthcare?
Human rights exist outside of law. The United States has not ratified the covenants and treaties that would give the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the force of law. Nor does the Vermont Constitution explicitly grant the right to healthcare. But we do not depend on law for our assertion of our human rights. Every person is entitled to human rights regardless of the embodiment (or lack thereof) of those rights in law. Do other countries recognize healthcare as a basic human right? Healthcare is recognized as a human right in most countries around the globe. The United States is the only “industrialized” country that doesn’t provide healthcare as a right to every resident from cradle to grave. Countries across Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East recognize that every citizen has the right to reach the highest attainable standard of health, has a right to appropriate treatment and to live without fear of getting sick. Humane countries recognize that in order to have a pr
Human rights exist outside of law. Every person is entitled to human rights regardless of the embodiment (or lack thereof) of those rights in law. The United States has not ratified the covenants and treaties that would give the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the force of law. Nor does the Vermont Constitution explicitly grant the right to healthcare. But we do not depend on law for our assertion of our human rights.
