re: #216 ggt

I don’t understand why the Obamacare is being argued under the Commerce Clause.

I don’t understand why forcing an individual to buy health insurance is fundamentally changing the realtionship between the individual and the government when individuals are already forced to contribute to what amounts to an annuity in the form of Social Security.

Yes, I know it really isn’t an annuity.

Are we just arguing in homes of eventually ironing out a system that works instead of shelving the whole idea for another 10 years? I think just about everyone (except the extreme whackos) agree something has to be done.

No it’s not something. There are only two things: single payer or a mandate for insurance with government controls on costs and prices. There is no other way to create a universal health care system that is affordable. Other countries of tried and it’s not possible. I think you can figure out for yourself why either one would be nearly impossible to create in this stupid country of ours.

The parts of the ACA that aren’t the mandate are very popular, except you can’t afford them without the mandate. Americans want all of the goodies and none of the mechanism by which to get those goodies. Our health care system is a disgrace and will have to fall under it’s own unsustainable weight if the ACA is overturned because no other president in his right mind will go near health care reform for another 20 years and we don’t have 20 years before it folds. Just let it burn and rebuild it from the ashes. We are creating a situation with no other option. The good news is the only option will be single payer if the mandate is declared unconstitutional.