It should be pointed out that the US seems to be the one industrialized nation that seems to have a problem with considering healthcare a right. In fact, we seem to have differing opinions from the rest of the world on many things.
I have heard claims that anything someone has to give you is not a right. That includes food and healthcare amongst other things. However, that attitude seems to go against the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
“Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.” – Section 23, subsection 3
“Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.” – Section 25, subsection 1
The counter argument? The US is not beholden to others and we do not have to do anything any other country does. Oddly, those people claim that while food and healthcare are not rights, gun ownership is.
Personally, I feel that rights are things that most humans with brains and hearts agree that all humans are entitled to, and that no government or other entity has the right to take away. For instance, having enough money to feed yourself and your family is, even if that money has to come from social programs of some sort. Being free to express your opinion and practice the religion of your choice without persecution is also a right.