Guest blog post from Rob Schwarzwalder with the Family Research Council
Family Research Council has several critical concerns with the Democratic health care legislation under consideration on Capitol Hill. The sanctity of human life, although safeguarded in the House version of the measure passed on Saturday, remains a live issue as the bill goes to the Senate. Rationing, costs, patient control of medical decisions, an increase in the size and scope of Washington’s power: These and other matters animate FRC’s active opposition to the Democratic approach to revising our system of medical care. But there is another issue that we have raised and will keep raising as the debate goes forward: The constitutionality of the Democratic plans. When Speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked recently at the introduction of her mammoth health care “reform” bill if the measure was constitutional, the usually glib Californian was caught off-guard. “Are you serious?” she asked. And, a second time, “Are you serious?” She then turned to another reporter without answering further. At least House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer gives the Constitution a guilty nod. He says that the “general welfare” clause gives Congress the right to pass a massive health care bill full of mandates on businesses and individuals and higher taxes for all.
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