Head ready to explode over health care!

[rational]

Is anybody else ready to explode over health care? I'm talking about the fact that it is even being discussed as something the Federal government (or any other level of government) should be involved with! Maybe I'm just missing something, but I just don't see how the U.S. Constitution can be used to justify Federal government involvement with health care. Please don't site Medicare as justification, because that program also appears to not be constitutionally valid. I guess because Republicans have never objected to Medicare/Medicaid, they can't simply argue against this whole healthcare fiasco on a constitutional basis. But that is the fundamental root of the problem; our government has no business being involved, other than law inforcement issues associated with the healthcare industry.

Can someone post a simple paragraph to explain how/why our Federal government should be involved with the healthcare industry, in the way the various versions of a plan are being discussed?

[See It Clearly]

Is anybody else ready to explode over health care? snip...

Can someone post a simple paragraph to explain how/why our Federal government should be involved with the healthcare industry, in the way the various versions of a plan are being discussed?

First of all, "head explosions" are not covered under any of the current bills. (sarcasm)


You will get a bunch of different opinions responding to this question. Since there are various versions and, in spite of some of his minions droning, the muhssiah did not give many specifics last night. Other than regulating insurance, frivulous lawsuits, and cutting wasteful spending, the givernment should be hands off. Expecting politicians to cut wasteful spending is a stretch though.

But, there is a large segment of our society that have been trained to believe that the teet of givernment is the source of all nourishment.

Bottom line, just like the ill-named stimulus, this is NOT about health care reform.

[johnrocks]

It's hard to convince others that something is unconstitutional when the majority of things the Fed. does is unconstitutional and only a minority seems to care,imho anyway. I agree with you but we're about 5% of the electorate,it seems like anyway.

[rational]

It's hard to convince others that something is unconstitutional when the majority of things the Fed. does is unconstitutional and only a minority seems to care,imho anyway. I agree with you but we're about 5% of the electorate,it seems like anyway.

You got that right! How our country swayed so far from our Constitution is disgusting! It was a revolution that took about 75 years.

[Spiked101]

The instant they amended the constitution to put in the 16th it was over. It changed the fundamental philosophy of our government from top to bottom.

[dad49er]

Is anybody else ready to explode over health care? I'm talking about the fact that it is even being discussed as something the Federal government (or any other level of government) should be involved with! Maybe I'm just missing something, but I just don't see how the U.S. Constitution can be used to justify Federal government involvement with health care. Please don't site Medicare as justification, because that program also appears to not be constitutionally valid. I guess because Republicans have never objected to Medicare/Medicaid, they can't simply argue against this whole healthcare fiasco on a constitutional basis. But that is the fundamental root of the problem; our government has no business being involved, other than law inforcement issues associated with the healthcare industry.

Can someone post a simple paragraph to explain how/why our Federal government should be involved with the healthcare industry, in the way the various versions of a plan are being discussed?

Since BOTH parties are proposing health care reform measures I'd ask them.
If over 60 years of rulings by the Supreme Court doesn't convince people I guess nothing will.