Specifically, where in the Constitution of the United States of America does it say that the federal government has the right or the power to require the American people to buy medical insurance?
Is it desirable to have that insurance? It certainly is. But is a government requirement of medical insurance within the constitutional power of Washington?
Let’s see.
The Constitution says in Article I how we shall elect our Congress and what it should do. Article II provides for the president and vice president. Article III establishes the Supreme Court and other courts.
In Article IV of the Constitution, we find reference to the “full faith and credit” in each state for the public acts and judicial proceedings of all states, and such provisions as not allowing anyone to escape responsibility for criminal offenses by fleeing to another state. There is provision for admission of additional states to the Union, and there is protection of states against invasion.