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Originally Posted by RedRide

Every Constitutional scholar says the health insurance madate is constitutional.
It speaks volumes that the right wing did not bat an eyelash when the republicans (like Mitt Romney and John McCain) proposed the same mandate.

The pupose of a madate is to insure that there is a lage enouigh pool to cover claims and to insure that those who have insurance are not paying for health care for those who choose not to have insurance. Unless someone is very rich, I can't imagine the mindset that would make someone decide that they don't need health insurance other then a selfish "let society pay my medical bills" attitude.

The madate will help insure that that people will pay their own way as far as health insurance is concerned. Republicans liked the idea in the past but, now that Obama agrees, they no longer like it? It sounds like pure politics to me.
It does seem that the madate details is a bit of a compromise and it's more intended to change the mindset of the US poulation.

Like I said the bill is not perfect but is is closer to acceptable than the status quo.

Where in the Constitution does it allow for the federal government to force a citizen to purchase a product/service and from a private business no less? This is the first time in US history that such a law has passed.

What's next, a mandate that each US citizen must purchase a new GM vehicle every 5 years to insure the prolonged success of the US auto industry for the benefit of our economy? Sound ridiculous? Well that's what we're dealing with here.

I'd like to know what these so called scholar's argument is for this. The commerce clause? It does NOT apply.