Excerpt from my Constitutional Law I essay ...
"... Art. I, sect. 8, cl. 3, of the Constitution grants Congress the power to regulate commerce “among the several States”; that this clause justifies requiring health care of every citizen. Commerce is the relationship between producer and consumer. This clause grants power to the Congress to stave off imbalances and monopolies that affect the commerce of the “several States”. This clause can and has become twisted to the point of being viewed as an automatic pass devoid of any definitive consideration or due process. Health care in the United States is not simply commerce. It is a very large part of our countries’ economy. The U.S. Constitution grants power to regulate, not control or be in competition with, the private sector.
Anything we do as a people can be viewed by some degree, for those looking for justification, as affecting our health or the health of others. We cannot heap upon the Constitution the weight of regulation and mandates to the human condition. Where would the domino effect stop; after all the pieces have fallen down? While reform, to negate fraud and reduce human suffering, both physically and financially, is undeniably needed it should not and cannot be left to Government to manage, and decidedly not on the backs of the people it purportedly represents."
