Opinion: Advancing Americans鈥� right to health
Professor Colleen Sheppard, director of the McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, and Derek J. Jones, a member of the Centre who specializes in health law, signed an op-ed in the June 29, 2012 edition of the Globe and Mail.
芦 In 2008, when presidential candidate Barack Obama announced his views on health care in a televised debate, he proclaimed that health care 鈥渟hould be a right for every American.鈥�
In a landmark ruling Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court narrowly upheld Mr. Obama鈥檚 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 鈥� a law that is expected to extend coverage to the 30 million to 50 million Americans who are currently vulnerable to non-treatment, aggravated health problems and financial devastation if they become ill...禄
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