Gray Peterson
Founder's Club Member - Moderator
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Let's make one thing very clear: The United States Supreme Court, in it's current form and likely future form, will not rule this health care bill a violation of the US constitution. It simply will not happen.
That being said, I have an alternative that would actually quell the 10th amendment concerns. You folks ever hear of interstate compacts?
Well, here's my idea:
You have a group of 20 of the blue states (let's include Washington State and Oregon) forming a non-profit corporation via an interstate compact. It'll be "single payer" for the states that participates, but on a state level so it avoids the 10th amendment problem. In order to do this, you have to repeal the law which states that you cannot sell health insurance across state lines and repealing the federal ban on state health insurance laws effecting enrollment into federally chartered health insurance plans, but it allows this compact to flourish as more and more states can join in. Think of it like PowerBall or Mega Millions Lottery. The compact can also go ahead and start mass advertisements into the states that haven't joined, and try to convince the state's population and legislature to join in.
Now we can get into a debate as to whether or not single payer is a good idea or not. I'm proposing it here as an alternative to the current law, one that is NOT effected by the 10th amendment problem, and the states would have the constitutional ability to make this a requirement, versus any questions at all about the United States government being involved in it. Heck, the US government's insurance pool can join into it too as part of the compact.
We're getting way off-topic, that being said.
Let's make one thing very clear: The United States Supreme Court, in it's current form and likely future form, will not rule this health care bill a violation of the US constitution. It simply will not happen.
That being said, I have an alternative that would actually quell the 10th amendment concerns. You folks ever hear of interstate compacts?
Well, here's my idea:
You have a group of 20 of the blue states (let's include Washington State and Oregon) forming a non-profit corporation via an interstate compact. It'll be "single payer" for the states that participates, but on a state level so it avoids the 10th amendment problem. In order to do this, you have to repeal the law which states that you cannot sell health insurance across state lines and repealing the federal ban on state health insurance laws effecting enrollment into federally chartered health insurance plans, but it allows this compact to flourish as more and more states can join in. Think of it like PowerBall or Mega Millions Lottery. The compact can also go ahead and start mass advertisements into the states that haven't joined, and try to convince the state's population and legislature to join in.
Now we can get into a debate as to whether or not single payer is a good idea or not. I'm proposing it here as an alternative to the current law, one that is NOT effected by the 10th amendment problem, and the states would have the constitutional ability to make this a requirement, versus any questions at all about the United States government being involved in it. Heck, the US government's insurance pool can join into it too as part of the compact.
We're getting way off-topic, that being said.
