No!
It's not legal, Constitutional, or right!
Congress only has 18 powers and not one of them says anything about regulating health care.
Now, people can say, "What about the General Welfare Clause, the Commerce Clause, and the Necessary and Proper Clause (better known as the Elastic Clause)?"
Let me take these three all at once because they were never meant to be swords that the government can use to take rights from the states or the people. General Welfare and the Elastic Clause, as per Madison (you remember James Madison from History right? That guy, you know, that guy who WROTE THE CONSTITUTION!) were only meant to be slight extensions on the already stated enumerated powers. Madison even said (i'm paraphrasing here) "Why would we put all of these restrictions and checks on the government if we wanted them to wield supreme power?"
As for the Commerce Clause...this had only to do with interstate regulation. Health care is INTRASTATE. Interstate commerce was only meant to regulate commerce between foreign nations and the commerce that crosses state lines. At what point does health care cross a state line?
If i live in Bellville and i go to Houston to see the doctor, that isn't moving interstate. It's moving intrastate and Congress has absolutely no right, NO RIGHT to tell us that we absolutely have to use their health care.
Besides, where does everyone think that this magic health care is going to come from? Remember taxes? Yep. It's coming from there. You're going to pay for people to have health care in California, New York, Montana...all of the 50 states. I love all of you guys, but honestly, BUY YOUR OWN DAMNED HEALTH CARE!
I digress (again). Here is a great video on this issue and thank you to Thaddaus Hill for the link.
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