Article 25

THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, Article 25, Part 1: Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well- being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.

In the on- going American debate over public health care a variety of negative opinions have been espoused (the economic crisis makes public health care untimely, America is heading towards socialism, creating universal health care essentially legalizing death panels, "when Obama lies grandma dies"), and these opinions have been expressed in constitutional ways (protests and unruly behavior define freedom of expression, town hall meetings are the epitome of freedom of association, and bringing loaded guns to talks by President Obama are the American citizens' realization of the infamous Second Amendment: the right to bear arms).

Throughout the debate, the health systems of Canada and Great Britain have been referenced as examples of government- healthcare failures. One British European member of Parliament even went on FOX News to explain that NHS (National Health Services, the name of the Great Britain public healthcare) was a national disaster. He was later rebuked by many Members of the British Parliament, including David Cameron, the leader of the opposition party in British parliament, who called his views, "eccentric."

Additionally, this article in British paper, 'The Times,' which is about the National Healthcare System in the United Kingdom, could give Maureen Dowd of 'The New York Times' a run for her money.