A recent letter writer (11/12) explained that health care for everyone was not a right guaranteed by the Constitution. Her argument stated that the phrase “promote the general welfare” indicated that it was the government’s responsibility to only make prosperity possible.
I might add that the phrase “insure domestic tranquility” also appears in the preamble. I have not been seeing a lot of domestic tranquility of late regarding the health care issue.
It is true that the Constitution does not define a lot of things, such as a military structure, a national highway system or educational standards. But all of these have become federally regulated because they are too important to be left to the whims of a purely capitalistic, profit-motivated system.
I should think our national health care system is also important enough to warrant federal regulation. The idea that some people are undeserving of health care is ludicrous.
Richard Hedges
Lone Jack
Sure. Richard, thinks the Constitution doesn’t matter because . . . well, he really, really wants something. Sort of like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQsd4eCD4Lo
Posted by: Kate | November 21, 2009 at 11:26 PM