Virginia judge strikes down ObamaCare mandate.
Breaking news today, but Federal judge Henry Hudson ruled that the individual mandate portion of the 'ObamaCare' law is illogical and is not supported by precedent.
Of course just a few months back another Federal judge saw no problem with this particular provision, so it appears that the individual mandate concept is going to the Supreme Court. This is not to say that all of 'ObamaCare' is thrown into the dust bin where it belongs, but it means that the primary funding source is compromised.
My fear all along was that if the Federal Government could mandate the purchase of insurance than it really opens up a Pandora's box whereby under the guise of 'the public good' our benevolent government could mandate anything and everything under the sun.
Even if it is laughable to talk about State rights in the face of the biggest and more overreaching Federal government to date, this nonetheless represents a possible victory for liberty and the freedom of choice. Whatever is left of it.
Of course just a few months back another Federal judge saw no problem with this particular provision, so it appears that the individual mandate concept is going to the Supreme Court. This is not to say that all of 'ObamaCare' is thrown into the dust bin where it belongs, but it means that the primary funding source is compromised.
"An individual's personal decision to purchase -- or decline purchase -- (of) health insurance from a private provider is beyond the historical reach" of the U.S. Constitution," Hudson wrote. "No specifically constitutional authority exists to mandate the purchase of health insurance."What is especially important to remember, if this ultimately gets rejected by the Supreme Court that this at least puts up some kind of barrier on Federal overreach even if it still leaves us with a health care debacle. That is to say, our hybrid health care system that we have here in America is not sustainable due to over 90 million people receiving health care at subsidized costs (Medicare/Medicaid) and the remaining insured populace has no idea what the trust cost of insurance is because its all hidden through employers.
My fear all along was that if the Federal Government could mandate the purchase of insurance than it really opens up a Pandora's box whereby under the guise of 'the public good' our benevolent government could mandate anything and everything under the sun.
Even if it is laughable to talk about State rights in the face of the biggest and more overreaching Federal government to date, this nonetheless represents a possible victory for liberty and the freedom of choice. Whatever is left of it.
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