Mandatory Insurance Is Unconstitutional

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Author(s)	David B. Rivkin Jr., Lee Casey
Source	The Wall Street Journal
Date	September 18, 2009
URL	http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204518504574416623109362480.html
Quote	"Taxation can favor one industry or course of action over another, but a "tax" that falls exclusively on anyone who is uninsured is a penalty beyond Congress's authority. If the rule were otherwise, Congress could evade all constitutional limits by "taxing" anyone who doesn't follow an order of any kind—whether to obtain health-care insurance, or to join a health club, or exercise regularly, or even eat your vegetables."

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This item argues against the position Act should be passed on the topic Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.