Yesterday, a federal judge in Florida ruled that requiring all US citizens to have health insurance is unconstitutional. Thus far, the so-called "individual mandate" has been ruled on in four separate Federal courts -- 2 upheld, 2 have declared it unconstitutional. All four rulings are being appealled. However, the most recent ruling went one step further to say that not only is the individual mandate unconstitutional, it is inextricably linked to the rest of the bill and therefore the entire health care reform bill must be overturned. Obviously, this is not the last word on the topic, so stay tuned for more! Please read or listen to the story linked below.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/01/31/133380005/federal-judge-in-florida-rules-health-overhaul-violates-constitution?ft=1&f=103537970
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In looking yet again into the difficult topic of health care, I believe it addresses a variety of complex questions. The question then becomes looking at ways in which to enact the health care reform bill. This is however a very arduous task as so demonstrated in this article. The question then becomes is it unconstitutional to make all citizens have health insurance or is it more unconstitutional to have an innocent person die due to their lack of health insurance? It is indeed sad the number of people who are remiss is seeing this bleak reality.
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