The federal government is being sued by 20 some states for issuing the healthcare bill that requires all citizens to purchase health insurance. The federal government does this because they claim it as commerce. Nearly half of the states disagree. The government has been denied when opting to toss out Virginia’s suit before trial begins. Virginia’s Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli, is one of the leading powers in the fight against Obamacare. He is quoted saying that if the federal courts win the suit it is, “an elimination of federalism as we've known it for 220 years in this country.”
This article is related to federalism because it is about the blending of state and national government. The national government is using the power of the Commerce Clause to try to get citizens to purchase insurance. State governments are suing saying that insurance is definitely not commerce, but a product used in healthcare. The federal courts are to decide if the bill is constitutional or not. If the bill is found unconstitutional in one state’s suit, it will most likely be found unconstitutional in all states.
The states are absolutely right in this case. Insurance has never been considered commerce until now, so why make everyone buy it. Sure, it is a wise decision to have at least some form of insurance, but some people get by just fine not having insurance. The insurance game can be risky, with bankruptcies, clauses that the agencies make so they can’t cover you at times, and even qualifying for it can be difficult. If you asked me I would say that today, insurance agencies are pretty corrupt, and Obama should work on fixing them before his administration mandates hat we have to buy something like that.
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