that's just NOT the way it works. In neither the Constitution nor traditionally is healthcare a right. If you want it to be a right then it needs to be amended to our Constitution, what's so hard to understand about that? If the States and our elected congressmen agree that it's a right and ratify an Amendment, then that's the way it is.Quote from Ricter:
Not if people agree it's a right.
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that's just NOT the way it works. In neither the Constitution nor traditionally is healthcare a right. If you want it to be a right then it needs to be amended to our Constitution, what's so hard to understand about that? If the States and our elected congressmen agree that it's a right and ratify an Amendment, then that's the way it is.
it's the opposite of the gun control debate. The loons like andrew cuomo and dianne feinstein who outright want to confiscate guns need to overturn the 2nd amendment for their proposed laws to be legitimate, because private gun ownership is, in fact, a Constitutional right and has been recognized throughout US history as such. see the difference?
Aside from the idea that requiring people to purchase insurance, is fucking stupid as it gives the insurers a license to steal.. the FACT is that State govts have more ambiguous authority than the fed govt under the US Constitution. There is nothing in there that gives the fed govt authority to force us to buy health insurance, or anything else.Quote from bigarrow:
..The gov. has business doing this just like the gov has business requiring auto ins...
haha it would be great if they told him to go fuck himself instead of helping him out. plus he doesn't have any business changing laws or deciding what laws to enforce etc.. he just makes this up as he goes along.Quote from Mercor:
Aren't these the same State insurance commissioners who oversaw the Insurance industry within their State?
These are the folks Obama was blaming that allowed the insurance companies sell us crappy insurance.
if I were a State commissioner i would demand an apology from Obama before I did anything to help him get out of this.
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haha it would be great if they told him to go fuck himself instead of helping him out. plus he doesn't have any business changing laws or deciding what laws to enforce etc.. he just makes this up as he goes along.