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Krauthammer: ObamaCare vs. The Constitution

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

In his latest column at Townhall.com, Charles Krauthammer discusses three instances in which ObamaCare is in direct conflict with the Constitution. He discusses President Obama's assault on free enterprise.  

Krauthammer writes: "To solve his own political problem, the president presumes to order a private company to enter into a contract for the provision of certain services -- all of which are free. And yet, this breathtaking arrogation of power is simply the logical extension of Washington's takeover of the private system of medical care -- a system Obama farcically pretends to be maintaining." 

"Under ObamaCare, the state treats private insurers the way it does government-regulated monopolies and utilities. It determines everything of importance. Insurers, by definition, set premiums according to risk. Not anymore. The risk ratios (for age, gender, smoking, etc.) are decreed by Washington. This is nationalization in all but name. The insurer is turned into a middleman, subject to state control -- and presidential whim."

But when insurance companies are forced by the government to provide any service - without being able to take actuarial information, including risk, into account - the government's actions threaten the insurance industry as a whole. 

Read more from the Krauthammer column here.
  
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