It's all part of trying to win the argument by framing it a certain way. If you say that health care, as has been argued for housing, food or any other number of things, is a *right*, then you can't deny someone their rights.

It's not a "right" - and it never should be.

Now, if you want to make "basic health care" a "privilege" for "citizens of the United States" - that's another argument entirely - but calling it a "right" doesn't make it so.