You are right that the United States constitution does not provide health rights to its citizens, which to me is unfortunate. Nonetheless, Schweikart (2021), in discussing how to apply the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution and the Civil Rights Act to Promote Health Equity in the US, stated that since the principles of health equity are "rooted in deeply held American social values," government action is permissible in achieving health equity. provide rec ent references provide other recent references