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re: Insurers reportedly receiving faulty data from ObamaCare exchanges [W:143]
But this "forcing" is a misnomer, it is characterizing the govt as having to conscript medical workers.
The argument of a right to medical care is not an argument for said conscription.
Conscription certainly is a constitutional act of the govt, so yes, you can be forced to bear arms.Maybe things are different in Canada, but here in the US, our Constitution...from the day it was signed...dealt solely with preventing the federal government from denying certain specified rights. Now...if our people want the government to be prevented from denying any other rights, we have an amendment process. Nowhere in the Constitution does it say...or allow for...the government to force any rights...especially rights that are not mentioned...on the people. For example, the Constitution says the government cannot deny the right to free speech. Nowhere does it say that anyone is forced to engage in free speech. The government cannot deny anyone the right to bear arms. Nowhere does it say the government can force people to bear arms. And...nowhere does it mention heath care as being a right at all. If it did, it would only prevent the government from denying a right to health care. It won't force people to engage in health care.
Now...the Democrats have turned the Constitution on its head...have departed from the Constitution...by passing a LAW that forces people to, at least, buy health insurance. Health care is still not a right.
But this "forcing" is a misnomer, it is characterizing the govt as having to conscript medical workers.
The argument of a right to medical care is not an argument for said conscription.