A universal healthcare question?

It should be unconstitutional, but the libs will say it falls under the "general welfare" clause. They will also remind us that medicare, medicaid, social security, and a host of other programs are already in place, so why object to this and not those.

I do object to those, especially because every single one of those programs is bankrupt, compliments of our government. So no thanks, libs, we have enough socialism here already, and government run health care would be proverbial the nail in the coffin. It would blast the door the rest of the way open for the government to control every aspect of our lives.

Nothing is final now. Congress is supposed to come up with a bill that provides health care reform. Health care reform has many different aspects in it, and this "government option", or there has been another approach of so called "exchange", is just one aspect in the reform.

There are so many sub-items within the government option can be discussed about, such as insurance premium, co-pay, annual deductible, what drugs are covered, what treatments are covered, etc. The devil is really in the detail.

In the spirit of discussion, my take of what he means is that everyone is required to be covered by health insurance, except if one is low income and choose to opt out.

If your company provides health insurance and you're happy about it, you don't need to do anything. If you work for a small business and no health insurance is provided, you can buy your own insurance from insurance brokers, places like Kaiser Hospital, or you participate in this government option.

Everyone should be in contact with your congress person in your district to provide concerns and feedback. This reform must be well crafted and it provides benefits to majority of people in a long run.

I think the point is not between the ideology if capitalism or socialism. It shouldn't be overly simplified, and shouldn't be overly complicated.

I don't know the answer for sure, but congress passed the Social Security Act in 1935 and it required all workers to participate in SS. Two years later, the Supreme Court ruled that congress did not have the authority to require citizens to participate in a mandatory retirement plan. So SS became a tax and welfare plan, with taxes and benefits at the discretion of congress.

See the following:

http://www.thepriceofliberty.org/03/12/23/greensla...

That's more than 70 years ago, so the current Supreme Court might take a different position.

The government has long required us to do many things--we must pay our taxes, whether or not we agree with what they do with the money. We must pay for the military, fire and law enforcement, libraries, public education, roads, parks and recreation, corporate welfare, social security, the list goes on and on.

It is all part of living in civililzation. If you'd rather do without, buy as much ammunition as you can affford right now, and see how long you can go unnoticed by the system.....

It is a little frightening. What I want to know is who determines what is affordable? Why have we seen no income charts stating what the cut off is?

Also, not all states require auto insurance. I believe New Hampshire and Vermont do not require it.

1. There's no signed bill yet so you aren't "now required" to do anything.

2. If you own a car you are "required to get car insurance.

3. If you mortgage a home the banks "require" you to have home insurance.

At the end of the day, it's health care...............health care. How can people be mad at health care but love the idea of an unnecessary unfounded an unfunded war?

hmmm..i think of the plan is to quit vast coverage corporations and CEOs from raping the yank human beings. With decrease costs greater human beings would be waiting to have adequate money coverage...and people who've coverage is unquestionably no longer finding out to purchase the uninsured. for people who won't be able to have adequate money coverage...the government.will furnish information....only like it does now, in common terms at a greater value-effective value! that's long previous due....the Bush administration has allowed coverage corporations to rape the yank human beings at checklist severe costs. wellbeing care expenses have ballooned seventy six p.c.. i prefer to appreciate why Michelle Obama won a 200 thousand greenback a 12 months improve from a non-income scientific institution in Chicago after Barack became elected to the U. S. Senate. Her income ballooned to 342 thousand a 12 months....who's paying the bill? that's only greater waste, fraud and abuse! So, do no longer anticipate lots from Obama....Obama is for Obama in common terms!

It says that over and over.

How dare that Kenyan Village Idiot say he will require real Americans to do anything.

He is such a fool. With way to big of mouth.

They will probably 'require' every room in all our houses to be monitored with video feed that gets sent straight to the white house. They will then arrest us for anything that could resemble being antagonistic towards Obama or any of his evil minions.

Yes it is constitutional. They do it with Auto insurance different levels of government mandate you do many things through by-laws, state laws, and many different acts through out the country.