Edward M. Kennedy, LLB - Right to Health Care

Name:	Edward M. Kennedy, LLB
Title:	Former US Senator (D-MA)
Position:	Pro to the question "Should all Americans have the right (be entitled) to health care?"
Reasoning:	"...[Q]uality care shouldn't depend on your financial resources, or the type of job you have, or the medical condition you face... This is the cause of my life. It is a key reason that I defied my illness last summer to speak at the Democratic convention in Denver... to make sure, as I said, 'that we will break the old gridlock and guarantee that every American... will have decent, quality health care as a fundamental right and not just a privilege'... [I]t goes to the heart of my belief in a just society..." "'The Cause of My Life'," Newsweek, July 18, 2009
Theoretical Expertise Ranking:	Experts Individuals with MDs, DOs, PhDs, JDs or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to health care; top-level federal government officials significantly involved in health care and related issues. [Note: Experts definition varies by site.]
Involvement and Affiliations:	US Senator (D-MA), 1962-Aug. 25, 2009 Chairman, Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Member, Armed Services Committee Member, Judiciary Committee Member, Congressional Joint Economic Committee Member, Congressional Friends of Ireland Trustee, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Member, Board of Advisors, Close Up Foundation President, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation Member, Board of Directors, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Assistant District Attorney, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 1961-1962 Private First Class, US Army, 1951-1953 Recipient, Four Freedoms Medal, 1999
Education:	LLB, University of Virginia, 1959 Graduated from the Hague Academy of International Law (Netherlands), 1958 BA, Harvard University, 1956
Contact Info:	Phone: None found Fax: None found Email: None found Website: None found
Select Publications:	America Back on Track, 2006 Social Justice and Equality in an Era of Globalisation, 2001
Other:	Born on Feb. 22, 1932 in Boston, MA Died on Aug. 25, 2009 after living for 15 months with an incurable brain tumor
Quoted in:	1. Should all Americans have the right (be entitled) to health care?