sudipta I was only quoting your comment when I mentioned that “PNHP does not call….”. That intrigued me since clearly their web site indicates to the contrary. I agree that getting four MRIs for a tennis injury cannot be a right. But having a doctor check it out do the minimum diagnostics required and provide the appropriate medications and care - is it unjustified and too much to ask for An ER visit for such an injury will result in a bill of few thousand dollars and can cause serious financial burden on anybody without adequate health insurance. When I say “health care should be a right” it implies care needed for a non emergency illness should be a right. If a patient has cancer or any other disease respiratory heart disease kidney disorder or any other he/she should be treated when it is most appropriate - and not wait for the condition to get worse to be rushed into ER for care just to be stabilized temporarily . I do not understand why do people get paranoid when they hear the term “socialized” service. All I am trying to imply is that certain services cannot and should not be a privilege for the rich only. Can you think of police service or defense services to be completely privatized Only the rich who can afford private security agencies will be protected and not others You mention “free food for all” - but interestingly US and state govt do have some program to provide food food stamps for the needy. They have made shelters for the homeless they try to provide “equal opportunity” for all in the workplace. But it is only in the case of healthcare no tangible attempt has been made to make it accessible to the people who need them most. There has to be a balance struck somewhere. Most countries of the developed world has successfully but not without flaws implemented universal health care in some form. It is a tragedy that the richest country in the world cannot provide health care to its own citizens. I am willing to get together at any suitable place. Let me know how you’d like to organize this. http://