WASHINGTON Reuters - President Barack Obamaaposs proposal on Monday to give the U.S. government power to review and block health insurance premium increases has been greeted with
WASHINGTON Reuters - President Barack Obamaaposs proposal on Monday to give the U.S. government power to review and block health insurance premium increases has been
WASHINGTON, Feb 22 Reuters - President Barack Obamaaposs proposal on Monday to give the U.S. government power to review and block health insurance premium increases has been
These Democratic-sponsored bills seek to provide health insurance plans to the millions of uninsured Americans. Republicans, among those opposed to reform, raised the specter of socialized medicine and drew attention to the soaring cost of to regulate activities that, even if they are not interstate commerce in and of themselves, substantially affect such commerce. By that definition, there is no doubt that whether or not people buy health insurance plans qualifies.
It's no wonder Obama was able to pass his flawed healthcare proposal nature abhors a vacuum. I also continued to be puzzled about the contention that European style healthcare leaves very sick people with long waits to see the doctors . One way to make consumers feel the cost of health care would be to regulate the insurance industry and stipulate generally what sort of plans it can offer. For instance, require that all plans have a deductible of at least X and
No doubt, Social Security is not the most perfect plan, but has thus far worked. The only problem with the Social Security argument is that Social Security remains a federal insurance, whereas the proposed Obama insurance is a private affair. Where exactly does the Federal government have the authority to force its citizens to buy private insurance What will the Supreme Court have to say States already regulate car insurance, but that is on a state-to-state basis.
Once President Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress have passed a health care reform bill, conservative groups are likely to challenge parts of it as unconstitutional, arguing that it oversteps Congress's powers. A key target will be the individual The individual mandate taxes people who do not buy health insurance. Critics charge that these people are not engaged in any activity that Congress might regulate they are simply doing nothing. This is not the case.
The original plan was to argue Congress had the authority to regulate interstate commerce, hence the ability to set the individual mandate to demand everyone have or buy insurance. . I have no doubt how she will rule in the future. The regime is one step closer to banning law abiding citizens from legal firearms ownership and obama is one step closer to realizing his socialist dream, central control and the complete destruction of the American way of life.