Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/US constitutional right to medical treatment


 * An almost completely bogus article that was split off from another over a year ago. The U.S. Constitution does not guarantee the right to medical treatment and the assertions this article makes are not only false, but not mainstream. --Jiang 22:45, 24 Apr 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Misleading at best.  RickK 01:45, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. The article is actually pretty valid, in that there is a recognized constitutional right to choose reasonable medical treatment (and for doctors to provide it to you) free of government interference, and there is also a recognized right to refuse medical treatment (though not to take active steps to end your own life), both as part of a right to bodily integrity.  To the extent that the article suggests that these can amount to a positive right to have medical treatment provided to you, it oversteps the law, however.  Ironically enough, the only context in which the government itself has to provide medicare care is when you're in prison, where failure to provide it is an Eighth Amendment violation.  The article just needs cleanup, some legal clarification, and a better title, but it's not a "completely bogus" start.  Postdlf 1:50 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. There is no constitutional right to medical treatment as such that is not part of other rights.  There should be a similar article, but this is not the right title for it.  --Daniel C. Boyer 13:44, 28 Apr 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. While this is certainly a valid topic for discussion, it does not belong in an encyclopedia at this time. Jeeves 05:54, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. The article title is misleading in two ways.  First, as mentioned above, there is no constitutional right to medical treatment.  Secondly, the article title is about a right to medical treatment, but the text discusses the right to choose medical treatment -- a different concept entirely.  Either delete or rename the current article.  I'm busy today, but tomorrow I'll get started writing articles for COBRA and EMTALA.  SWAdair | Talk  15:33, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see someone has already written COBRA. Ok, I'll tackle EMTALA.SWAdair | Talk  15:34, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Guanaco 20:35, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. If the US constitution doesn't grant US citizens the automatic right to medical treatment then the article is misleading.  I have always disagreed with the way health services are run in the US but that's opnion not fact. -- Graham  :) | Talk 21:49, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)