TO REGULATE OR CREATE

The U.S.Constitution gives the U.S.Congress power to regulate commerce between the several states. It does not give them power to create new powers under the guise of regulating commerce. This clause was intended to control the flow of goods and services in such a manner that one state would not stop said flow via taxation or tariffs or by gaining an unfair advantage in the delivery of goods and services through some other means.

Obamacare is creating a new federal power not granted to it in the U.S.Constitution, the power to control the manner in which a person can receive health care, the extent to which they can receive it and penalizing those who decline to receive it. Some how, the U.S.Congress thinks this intrusion into the workings of the existing health care system is justified by the commerce clause. Hog wash!

There may be some problem with states forbidding other states from delivering goods or services across state lines. This can and should be addressed through appropriate legislation. But this cannot be used as an excuse for the creation of a national health care system. A person's health care is their own responsibility. Each person has the right to procure insurance and health care or not according to the dictates of their conscience and financial ability.

If the federal government wants to provide health care to all citizens, let it do so by getting an amendment to the U.S. Constitution and not by subterfuge.