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Obamacare: Can The Government FORCE You To Buy Insurance?
March 25, 2012

The Great Moment....Signing Something No One Had Even Read.

Nine unimpeachable U.S. justices will begin mulling over the most controversial, and the fattest piece of legislation ever bullied through Congress this week.  Obamacare, the hallmark achievement of Pelosi’s, Reid’s and Obama’s career, will be dissected by the brightest lawyers in the country and argued on the merits.

At the heart of the argument?  Can the U.S. government force Americans to purchase healthcare?  Is this “individual mandate of Obamacare unconstitutional?

Isn't A Driver's License...Also A Mandate?

The government requires A LOT of things of each and every one of us.  We are required to have and pay for a driver’s license.  U.S. public schools insist that we take our children to the doctor and be immunized before attending.  It is illegal to drive without BUYING auto insurance.  Americans are REQUIRED to pay taxes by individual mandate.  Sales taxes…  Property taxes…  Telecommunications taxes…  In effect, there are mandated FEES — things taxpayers are expected to stomach, at almost every turn.

The Decision Makers

But is any of it constitutional?  The debate over Obamacare may well crack open the door and raise questions about many civic mandates.  Most importantly, in the coming days, taxpayers will get a crystal clear look at our Supreme Court.  Which justices stick to the constitution, and which justices believe their role is to interpret and make NEW law.  Get ready for round the clock cable news commentary!  Here’s the first…from CBS News.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-280_162-57404212/historic-review-of-healthcare-law-at-high-court/

       


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Filed under: Economy, Featured, Inside The KC, Politics by Sonja Eddings Brown, Mar 25, 2012

5 Responses to “Obamacare: Can The Government FORCE You To Buy Insurance?
March 25, 2012”

  1. Randall Scott, on March 25th, 2012 at 8:55 pm Said:

    President Obama has exempted a total of 1,625 interest groups representing nearly 4 million individuals from his radical health care mandate.
    The largest recipient of waivers? Obama’s cronies at Big Labor who’ve received 543,813 waivers

  2. Doris White, on March 26th, 2012 at 2:36 am Said:

    This Healthcare Bill is outrageous, “We the People” do not want this Healthcare..  We resent this President forcing his idea’s on us without our approval..I feel that under this President we have lost our rights and our freedom to choose.. we feel that this President does not abide by our constitution, and definitely does not respect the laws of our land, or our constitution.This President has proven that fact..time and time again.

  3. jesse, on March 26th, 2012 at 4:14 am Said:

    the listed examples of mandates in this question are completely different than the healthcare one. You do not have to have a driver’s license or auto insurance. But every state, which has the right by the constitution says that you must pass their licensing process if you want to drive. don’t want a license, just don’t drive. ride a bike, take the bus. that cuts out that as mandatory for every citzen. In the case of taxes, the states approved their own taxes which the constitution allows, and an amendment was passed to allow the federal government to do the same. 

  4. Sonja Eddings Brown, on March 26th, 2012 at 10:16 am Said:

    Thanks jesse…..of course those are always the arguments given.  But in effect, in everyday life….the majority of us REQUIRE a car.  Require a license for identification or for automobiles or for check-writing!  Taxes….required!  All such things are mandated by the government..and we don’t like them either!

    Healthcare is just a new kind of mandate, and in some ways, because of national health interests and concerns one could actually make a case that in illness and health, we DESERVE to make such mandates for the public good.  That’s probably Obama’s defense!   The Kitchen Cabinet is not for such infringements.  But it is interesting to note how much government ALREADY permeates our lives and our liberties.  Thanks for your comment!

  5. Rise Courtenay, on March 28th, 2012 at 1:40 pm Said:

    Re: the proposed expansion of Medicare under the healthcare law, the States are claiming precident in NY vs US (1992) where the US gave the States a choice to legislate a solution to storing radioactive waste, or to accept title to the waste and become liable to all the waste producers. The court wrote: “A choice between two unconstitutionally coercive regulatory techniques is no choice at all.” They are claiming that since they are given a choice to either 1) regulate medical assistance for the needy as Congress dictates, or 2) take full responsibility for their own poor and opt-out; that this is identical to the NY case. My opinion is that this precident does not apply since they are not being given a “choice of two evils,” as it were, but rather a take-it-or-leave-it choice. The US is paying most of the cost and States can participate, or not. There is no coercion here.