Re: If republicans get a significant majority will they repeal Obama health care refo
It is entirely different than mandated auto-insurance. No one HAS to buy auto-insurance or suffer a penalty. They can choose to live in an area they can bike to where they need to go or could take public transportation. They can avoid having a car and driving, thus not needing to buy health insurance. That isn't the case with this. Simply having a body, simply EXISTING, is enough in this congresses mind to force you to purchase something under threat of the law.
IF you want to drive a vehicle on most state roads, you have to carry liability insurance. If you don't want to do so, you have the choice of living in a state or nation without such a requirement.
If you are a male citizen of the United States, and are between the ages of 18 and 25, you are required to register for the selective service system. If you fail to do so, you can face up to a $250,000 fine. If you don't want to do so, you have the choice of leaving the nation and selecting from the market of nations another nation to reside in.
Public school systems require you to be immunized. If you choose not to do so, you have to either pay for a private education for your kids, or educate them at home. An expense either way.
If you have a baby in the United States, you are required to get a certificate of live birth even if you have them in the home.
Congress has power and precedent through the Constitution’s “Commerce Clause” to regulate just about any aspect of the national economy. Health insurance is an economic good. The only possible objection is that mandating its purchase is not the same as “regulating” its purchase, but a mandate is ultimately only a stronger form of regulation. When Congressional power exists, nothing in law says that stronger actions are less supported than weaker ones. Moreover, its enforced through income taxes. Which is certainly within the power of congress. The tax code is full of these kinds of regulatory provisions.
Finally, there is no requirement for you to undergo treatment or have any sort of medical procedures. It is simply a requirement that you have the means to pay for treatment should you seek or need it and thus the cost of treating you is not passed on to others.
Every nation on earth has requirements of its citizens and legal residents that reside on that nation's soil. Agree with this or not, its no different. It is simply part of the social contract that any nation has with its citizens and or residents. As a human being, you are free to seek residence in virtually any nation on earth. If one does not like the social contract that one has to live under in Nation A, then they are free to move to any other nation that has a social contract with it's residents they might find more agreeable. Or, one can exercise their positive rights and try to convince others of their views.