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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (3831)1/12/2008 4:45:16 PM
From: Peter Dierks  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 42652
 
"I'm not sure what your quibble is. "

I don't know enough about Constitutional law to know for sure, but I remain sceptical of the legitimacy of Congress creating a new birthright. All Americans are entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I suspect that free health insurance would have to come under the pursuit of happiness. That is the right to pursue it, not the right to be happy or the right to free medical care.



To: Lane3 who wrote (3831)1/14/2008 12:03:44 PM
From: TimF  Respond to of 42652
 
I can't think of any constitutional prohibition against it.

OTOH I'm not sure I see any constitutional justification for it.

Of course in modern times (post FDR at least) interpretation has come close to "anything that isn't expressly forbidden to the feds is allowed. I don't think that such a program would be more unconstitutional than many other government programs.


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