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Truth About the “Doc Fix”

Here are two great articles regarding the proposed “doc fix”:

National Review: Taking Obamacare Off the Books

The Washington Post: 2.47 trillion dimes. A test of President Obama’s pledge to pay for health care.

Tags: doc fix, Medicare Physicians Fairness Act of 2009, National Review, SB 1776, Washington Post

Moffit in National Review

At What Cost To Freedom?
Obama’s individual mandate is a bad idea

ROBERT MOFFIT

In his address to Congress, President Obama made clear that he and his allies know how to spend your health-care money better than you do. It’s a matter, you see, of “shared responsibility”: You share your dollars with the feds, and the feds are responsible for making your decisions. In the health-care bill currently before the House (H.R. 3200), there is even a “Health Choices Commissioner,” to be appointed by the president, who will rigorously define your choices.

On “shared responsibility,” the president brooks no dissent. “Unless everybody does their part, many of the insurance reforms we seek — especially requiring insurance companies to cover preexisting conditions — just can’t be achieved,” he said. “That’s why under my plan, individuals will be required to carry basic health insurance.” This requirement is known as the “individual mandate.”

The president’s proposal is historic — though not in a good way. Never before has Congress forced Americans to buy a private good or service. In fact, for those with a traditional understanding of the Constitution as a charter of liberty (as opposed to the “living” version), the list of Congress’s powers in Article I, Section 8, grants it no authority to require any such thing.
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Tags: HR 3200, Individual Mandate, National Review