Do people 'deserve' universal health care?

[Thorne]

But we DON'T have sufficient checks. Our Congress right now is not a balanced mix, it is heavily left wing. We need a equal number of left and right to maintain a balance.

The constitutional checks and balances are between segments of the government, not between political affiliations. I would say, though, that the right didn't have any concerns about maintaining balance when the Congress was heavily right wing. Let's face it. Neither side will be happy if the other side has control. What frightens me is when, like now, the Congress and the President are from the same side. That tends to corrupt one of the constitutional balances.