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Historical Perspective on Mandated Health Insurance in the United States

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The article discusses the historical context of mandated health insurance in the United States, referencing a law passed in 1798. It contrasts this historical perspective with modern debates on the constitutionality of mandating health care coverage.

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The Constitution nowhere authorizes the United States to mandate, either directly or under threat of penalty, that all citizens and legal residents have qualifying health care coverage.

It turns out, the Founding Fathers would beg to disagree.

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Image via Wikipedia The ink was barely dry on the PPACA when the first of many lawsuits to block the mandated health insurance provisions of the law was filed in a Florida District Court. The pleadings, in part, read - The Constitution nowhere authorizes

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