Arguing minutia like this is part of the problem.
The Federal Government has absolutely no Constitutional role when it comes to medicine or "Health Care." No dollars can be spent on "Health Care."
It doesn't matter whether people think Government "Health Care" is a good idea or not until and unless there would be some Constitutional Amendment that gives Congress the power to Legislate regarding "Health Care."
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Those of you who think President Trump is going to take a position that the federal government has no role in healthcare - meaning that Medicare is unconstitutional - raise your hands.....
I’ll totally admit that RINOcare is a disaster in the making.
But it strikes me as incredibly weird to suddenly be holding President Trump to some kind of Constitutional Conservative Lithmus Test AFTER the election.
He’s a populist. The only way you will get him to support total repeal is to convince him that total repeal is popular. And it’s not. At least not in total.
People like the rules on pre-existing conditions, lifetime caps, and leaving children on policies until age 26. I could be wrong, but I also think that Medicaid expansion is reasonably popular as long as it is called Medicaid expansion and not Obamacare.
Agreed. I'd like to see the approach: "Is this permitted under a natural reading of the Constitution" rather than "can a clever lawyer find some twist to the words so we can claim this is constitutional". If it's unconstitutional, government shouldn't do it, not even if it's something the voters or our elected "leaders" want done.