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Originally Posted by nation-x
My opinion is that the mandate is legal under the commerce clause because the government can prove that the uninsured place financial burden on the insured via cost shifting.
There are parts of the law that I am concerned with... specifically, it forces states to accept a large percentage of more people into Medicaid. I think this will ultimately lead to the law being ruled unconstitutional. The federal government doesn't have the right to force states to spend their budget as the federal government sees fit.
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Opinion #1 is wrong it is unconstitutional for the government to make someone buy a product just to be a lawful citizen.
Hospitals can also prove that medicare/aid also cost shift to those who are insured/pay with cash and therefore hurt the majority. So should medicare/aid be made illegal?
Opinion #2 is right