Is Health Care Reform Constitutional Or Unconstitutional?
One argument that is being used against health care reform is that it is not stated in the U.S. Constitution. ( as if they the health industry existed when it was written) Many time the Tenth Amendment is cited but the part about "or to the people" is left out.
Correct me if I am wrong but isn't members of the House of Representatives and the Senate elected to represent the People and there by their voting on it is consistent with the U.S. Constitution?
Amendment 10 - Powers of the States and People
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
Tags: Care, Constitutional, Health, Reform, Unconstitutional
January 26th, 2010 at 7:36 pm
Government PROVIDED care/insurance isn’t a right extended to the Federal Government.
Reform is expected from them — it’s their job — they legislate policies affecting the free-market.
“We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
“Promote the general welfare” is not to be confused with providing welfare.
Reform? Yes…very few people disagree w/ that assertion. Costs are out of control.
Government “Option”? Not a chance…
The Stats:
1. Medicare BANKRUPT ~36 Trillion in unfunded liabilities
2. Medicaid BANKRUPT ~35+ Trillion in unfunded liabilities
3. TRICARE – Being reformed
4. VA care – Hit and Miss…horror stories w/ the misses.
5. Medi-Cal – Bankrupt
6. Hawaii’s system – Bankrupt
7. Mass.’s system – Bankrupt
0 for 7 — Impressive.
January 27th, 2010 at 1:53 am
I would argue that affordable health care is. It may even be implied outright in the Constitution- remember that they could not have foreseen all within the next 3 centuries. Right now, as it stands- it is and industry. Should the supply of fresh and unpolluted air for breathing also become an industry?
January 27th, 2010 at 8:41 am
The constitution provides the rights that are given to us. We do not get our rights on the backs of others. There is nothing in the Constitution that endorses this. Is it a moral issue yes.
But you liberals are so fond of not mixing or blurring the lines of morality and the law except when it serves your purposes.
If religious institutions were still functional, instead of being attacked by the left, there would be more help for the truly needy.
I help the needy I do not help the lazy.
January 27th, 2010 at 9:11 am
Health insurance companies are unconstitutional. The government should have no business propping them up with tax breaks. They are nothing but a government-supported monopoly. ?°)
January 27th, 2010 at 12:01 pm
Its got nothing to do with it. Health Care is a personal responsibility not a right or an entitlement!!!
January 27th, 2010 at 12:21 pm
Yes, yes. But what about the part that says something about for the general welfare?
January 27th, 2010 at 6:13 pm
You’re trying to make a connection that doesn’t exist.
Healthcare is not a right.