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Originally Posted by recluse
The post before mine said that several states filed suit, saying the bill is unconstitutional. No explanation of why. I don't believe that such claims will stop this bill, even if true. Do I believe it is? I can't say yet. Haven't read it. Okay?
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One of the objections on a constitutional basis to the heath care bill is that it's not allowed per the 10th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution which says (text taken from the U.S. Constitution Online at
http://www.usconstitution.net/):
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
My understanding is that reason national health care is unconstitutional is that the Federal Government was not granted that power in the U.S. Constitution by the states. It doesn't mean that the individual states can't set up state health care programs, its just that the Federal Government doesn't have the power per the 10th Amendment.