The Constitution Party of Missouri opposes health care scheme
The Constitution Party of Missouri opposes the current health care legislation being considered in the US House of Representatives. This legislation is designed to be intertwined with the bill passed last December by the US Senate. “The Federal government has no constitutional authority to be attempting a take-over of our health care system and instead should be passing laws reducing or eliminating federal involvement in health care”, says State Chair Donna Ivanovich of Arnold, Missouri.
Ivanovich also pointed out, “It is a virtual certainty that the cost estimates of health care legislation are dramatically understated. In 1965, Medicare Part A was estimated to cost $9 billion in 1990, when in actuality, it was 10 times that amount. This past week, Moody’s Investor Services warned the United States it is perilously close to losing its AAA credit rating because of the total amount of debt.”
The Constitution Party Platform makes this statement concerning health care and government involvement, “The Constitution Party opposes the governmentalization and bureaucratization of American medicine. Government regulation and subsidy constitutes a threat to both the quality and availability of patient-oriented health care and treatment.”
The United States Constitution does not contain the words “health insurance, health care, medicine or doctor”. Congress has absolutely no constitutional authority to regulate health insurance, hospitals, doctor or insurance companies. Our free market system will do that through the market place, IF THE GOVERNMENT WILL GET OUT OF THE WAY. Furthermore the Federal government certainly does not have any authority to tell American citizens they have to purchase health insurance or be fined or jailed.
For Americans to have any hope of returning to constitutional government, the status quo must be changed. Ulike the other parties, the Constitution Party of Missouri thoroughly vets its candidates to be certain they understand the proper role of government, the principles of freedom, and the Constitution. By electing candidates of the Constitution Party of Missouri, the American people can begin the long climb out of the un-constitutional abyss they have been thrown into by both “big box” parties.
“This is just another attempt by a central government to take over a large sector of an economy on the pretext of “helping its citizens”, says Ivanovich. “Centralized government has been the dream of socialists for generations. History shows wherever and whenever socialism has been tried, it has failed. This proposed health care take-over will be to the detriment of all Americans young and old. To continue on the present course will only further strengthen the Federal government’s control over every aspect of our lives”, Ivanovich concludes.
