Fox News: Mandatory health insurance unconstitutional, Rivkin says

David Rivkin appeared on "Fox and Friends" Saturday, September 19. He says the federal government cannot require individuals to purchase insurance. That will ultimately lead to unlimited powers and fundamentally change the balance of powers as set forth in the U.S. Constitution.

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[JustOurFreedom]

Agree, cmag3123

[JustOurFreedom]

I agree- that, and more.

[sonofsun4]

How is it, that mandatory health care insurance is unconstitutional and car insurance (which is basically same thing running on same principle) is O.K.No one complaints!

[shaithis50]

@AndroidPolitician another way to put it into perspective is a form of financial slavery via medical debt. I guess medical bankruptcy becomes the new term to understand if one doesn't make enough. Frankly it is a sick system once you start realizing what is going on and even know they might be good at saving lives, these same medical professionals rely on us to do our part in society (mechanics/janitors/etc.)

[shaithis50]

@AndroidPolitician there is no doubt that it has become a for profit industry at the expense of the common worker. More or less an ongoing attack on the working class. Not everyone can make six figure salaries either. I'm just finding medical insurance in general to have become a scam where one is not covered at 100% and it seems you will still always be paying a fraction of the expenses. The entire industry is overcharging people for money they don't have.

[AndroidPolitician]

@shaithis50

Insurance obviously complicates things but having a private non-insurance system would still be terrible.

[shaithis50]

@AndroidPolitician it is also less of an incentive to own any big ticket assets if a hospital bill can wipe it all out. Why try at all in a price gouging society. Just my own thoughts.

[shaithis50]

@AndroidPolitician the point that I like to argue is that when you take a look at the most expensive health care insurance plans out there or even the cheaper ones, that is money thrown away better saved towards future visits with your doctor or specialist. Govts mistake was its failure to address high hospital costs and as stupid as this might sound, hospitals that overcharge the general public deserve to go out of business.

[shaithis50]

@AndroidPolitician it was never about heatlh insurance. The real story was how medical costs skyrocketed out of scope of the public market. Also there was possibly a time when we used to pay in cash for medical services rendered. So how come they just didn't make the cost of a procedure relevant to your income level like a sliding scale where rates were reasonable. Why pay a middle man like insurance at all.

[SlaveTaxPayer]

@AndroidPolitician I am not alright with the Lesser of Two Evils, because in the end, it's still evil. Even when 2014 gets here, I still won't buy their insurance because I don't need it. They can fine me and I won't pay the fines. See where this is going? A lot of people in the States will refuse to purchase their Government Mandated Death Insurance and I am one of them.

[AndroidPolitician]

@Aegius

You can purchase whatever health insurance you want it's just mandatory.

What 72% of Americans wanted was a single payer program but all we got was a privatized choice of coverage that's mandated.

[AndroidPolitician]

@SlaveTaxPayer

lol I don't really support Obama's plan but it's the closest thing to single payer soooo.