affordable health care

The Affordable Care Act has its good meaning in providing access to health care system, prohibiting insurance companies in denying healthcare coverage to ill people and increasing the healthcare cost, and promoting Medicaid expansion to people with incomes up to 133% of the federal poverty level. However, there are many flaws, such as personal mandate and penalty and social injustice, in passing this law. Many people may believe that the Congress has a power to declare personal mandate to have health insurance if he or she does not have it because the Article of Confederation 1, section 8, and the Necessary and Proper Clause give Congress the power to regulate commerce among the several states and “make all laws which shall be necessary and proper” respectively. However, the individual health insurance mandate and penalty for not having health insurance exceed the federal government power under the Commerce Clause because the mandate forces people to engage in commerce against their will and also infringes their fundamental rights, such which are guaranteed by the Declaration of Independence. In addition, the ACA also violates the Tenth Amendment, in which states “the power not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” This indicates that the individual mandate and penalty are not proper and consistent with the Constitution because the federal government powers should be limited and “the states are traditionally responsible for protecting the health and safety of their citizens.”
Furthermore, the ACA, which falls under socialism and distribution of wealth, will create economic burdens on upper and middle classes and the federal budget. For instance, the passing of ACA would require approximately more than $1.15 trillion to provide health insurance to low-income families. This indicates that income tax rates would rise for all. The government is going to take a