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**Affiltavajefe** · 03-16-2012, 06:36 AM

http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch...thcare-defense

The brief argues requiring insurance companies to cover everyone and banning them from charging sick people higher prices are regulations that the Constitution clearly protects. [Via the Commerce clause, this is track 1] The mandate, Justice argues, is a “necessary and proper” ["Necessary and proper clause" applies to regulations considered appropriate for Congress to carry out its constitutional functions, this is track 2] way to carry out those regulations without causing the cost of insurance to skyrocket.

03-16-2012, 06:36 AM	#1
Affiltavajefe Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 405 Senior Member	Administration takes dual constitutional track on healthcare before supreme court. http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch...thcare-defense The brief argues requiring insurance companies to cover everyone and banning them from charging sick people higher prices are regulations that the Constitution clearly protects. [Via the Commerce clause, this is track 1] The mandate, Justice argues, is a “necessary and proper” ["Necessary and proper clause" applies to regulations considered appropriate for Congress to carry out its constitutional functions, this is track 2] way to carry out those regulations without causing the cost of insurance to skyrocket.
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