"Privilege"

GOP Rep: Health Care Is A "Privilege"

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President Obama held a health-care summit today at the White House where he made clear that reform was an administration priority. "If we want to create jobs and rebuild our economy and get our federal budget under control, then we have to address the crushing cost of health care this year, in this administration," he said. But he'll face some serious Republican opposition, as this clip from MSNBC makes clear.
Tennessee Republican was on the network this morning, railing against any health-care reform effort as move toward "socialism" and "class warfare."
"Health care is a privilege," Wamp went on to say. "It's not necessarily a right." He clarified that he had in mind people who choose not to pay for health care.