Do away with this problem and pass HR767 that opens Medicare to All and screw CIGNA , ATENA and the rest of these corporations that are screwing 98 % of the working middle class's and causing them to proverty. Example just look what the insurance corporation has paid to our congress to protect them the insurance co. for government to give heathcare co. Cigna, ATENA and all the other the wright to refuse services without having to be sued for damages causing the average employee to just give up.

amalgam from NYC by day, NJ by night ~

Go easy, poor DimmzleWit is great at regurgitating other peoples opinions but, when it come to actually processing the data... well, let's just say the ol' hard drive just doesn't seem to run up to spec.

Brian-

LOL....thanks for adding that "balance" from the other side for all of 8 minutes as the time ran out.

LOL...Ken, have you been listening the past two days? If so, why no objections earlier to "partisans" when Greenhouse and Rosenbaum were pontificating for 30 minutes each for the Far Left???

Geeesh, you couldn't make this stuff up.

The whole car insurance comparison is ridiculous. I can't "accidentally" buy a car and need insurance, but I sure could be hit by a hit and run driver, or accidentally have a piano fall on me, and then need the insurance. Why doesn't anyone seem to understand this?

@ Chuzzlewit - Funny, "the long-term viability of the private insurance market" is CURRENTLY undermined because "existing coverage" is already becoming unaffordable or unavailable, pre-existing exclusions by insurance companies and all.

The current U.S. health insurance system, let alone its health care system, is not viable. Period.

CheezleWhiz ~

We can only dream.

I wonder whether the car insurance question doesn't bring up an important point about whether or not living as a citizen of the United States is, in itself, an economic activity. Does our system of government not universally mandate some form of participation in the market as a prerequisite for life? Could this issue come down to the question of whether or not living is already an economic activity?

I do not understand the expectation that the government be the one who needs to supply the limiting principle for the reach of the Commerce Clause. I was under the impression that we had a court for that.

Amen - about the car insurance. The guest hit it on the head.

Those who are against the mandate keep stressing how people can pay for their healthcare themselves if they so choose. This may be true in the case of preventive care or a simple sick visit to the doctor. But the cost of one inpatient stay exceeds the net worth of many American families. The argument that people can self-insure is intellectually bankrupt.

Having a partisan (from either side) on to discuss this segment is less than useless - he's going to spin everything to his side and give us no real information.

All justices should be grilling *both* sides on their arguments - that's their job, to make sure that only the strongest arguments win out.

What happened to the call for Clarence Thomas to recuse himself? It seemed like a legit conflict. In a week awash with coverage about this trial, I have not heard even a mention of it.

New report released Monday by the Manhattan Institute-

“WHY OBAMACARE WILL END HEALTH INSURANCE AS WE KNOW IT”
Richard A. Epstein and David A. Hyman

“Despite the president’s promise that “you can keep your own insurance,” key PPACA provisions are calculated to undermine the long-term viability of the private insurance market, by making existing coverage unaffordable or unavailable at any price.”

Here’s the link to the full study-
http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/ir_7.htm