August 24th, 2009 | 
Author: Health Insurance Continues Unaffordable Trend After Obamacare – Heritage.org (blog)
 USA Today |
Health Insurance Continues Unaffordable Trend After Obamacare
Heritage.org (blog) Among the many important findings in the report, one fact stood out: Americans are paying more and more for their health insurance every year, a concerning trend that is only getting worse under Obamacare. The report explains that: The cost of … Editorial: Health premiums jump, but don't blame 'ObamaCare' The ObamaCare 9% Plan A Year And a Half After ObamaCare, Employee Health Insurance Premiums Spike |
Health care taxing America’s workers – San Francisco Chronicle
 Fox News |
Health care taxing America's workers
San Francisco Chronicle On Tuesday House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan gave a talk at Stanford's Hoover Institution on what should become the Republican template behind its bid to "repeal and replace" Obamacare. Ryan cited the unintended consequences that employer-paid … Beyond 'Repeal and Replace' Ryan Pitches Voucher Plan to Replace Obamacare Romney's Health Care Record Won't Stop Him |
You Can’t Make Citizens Buy Health Insurance!
Very little has appeared in the MSM so far, regarding the illegality of parts of President Obama’s threatened health care plan.
The Individual Mandate
Consider for a moment, one component of the health plan known as the "individual mandate", which would require every American to have health insurance, either paid for by an employer, or at his or own expense.
The administration knows full well that the health plan could only work, or might possibly work, if the young are forced to subsidize the old, but a large number of young adults choose to go without coverage, and prefer to use their money for other things.
Can Congress Force People To Buy Health Insurance?
The short answer is, "No it can’t!".
The Constitution assigns only limited, enumerated powers to Congress and none of them, including the power to regulate interstate commerce, or to impose taxes, would support a federal mandate forcing a person to buy health insurance.
The Supreme Court has frequently interpreted Congress’s commerce power quite broadly, but this type of mandate could not undergo review without censure, regardless of the pressure exerted.
The federal government simply does not have the power to regulate Americans in this way, and in two key cases, United States v. Lopez (1995) and United States v. Morrison (2000), the Supreme Court specifically rejected the proposition that the commerce clause allowed Congress to regulate non-economic activities simply because, through a chain of causal effects, they might have an economic impact.
So What Options Does Congress Have?
Congress could try to coerce people into buying health insurance in the same way that many states will only register an automobile upon proof of insurance, but it’s hard to imagine a way of doing this that could be applied to the entire population of the United States.
The Senate version of the individual mandate as it presently stands, would see those who don’t buy health insurance penalized, and a fine would be collected by the IRS, but this would be totally unconstitutional, and is a total non-starter.
Our Wondrous Constitution
One of the wonders of our constitution is that neither the President nor the Congress can short circuit it, and regardless of how important our elected officials believe an issue to be, they can only accomplish their goals if the they are in accord with the powers and processes of the Constitution’s mandates, processes that make these officials accountable to the American people, whether they like it or not.
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ABC’s Jake Tapper finally asked some, Tough Questions About ObamaCare!
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I have no problem paying for something but being an American means I have the choice otherwise what does being an American mean? When you start dictating what I must spend my paycheck on then as an American who was wounded in combat for the very oath of defending the Constitution we are going to have major problems. I almost died several times over and I’m not afraid to do it again. I didn’t fight for the people who sent me there. I fought for that piece of paper that’s being ignored. Being ignore by a President that smokes cigarettes which will eventually raise his medical cost’s which will raise my insurance premiums. A leader sets the standard, leads by example, and listens when the people speak. This is no leader.