A Florida federal judge has officially cleared up something that most of us already knew-that the federal government can't make you buy anything, and so the health care law pressed by President Obama and passed under the shadiest of circumstances on a Sunday is unconstitutional. The case will almost certainly end up in the United States Supreme Court, where we can expect a nail-biter of a decision whichever way it goes. Even if one argues that we need some kind of healthcare reform bill because the costs of health care are too high (and they most certainly are), our constitutional system of government insures that government can't force you to buy anything. In some cases, there may be adverse consequences if you don't buy something that the State says you must pay a fee for, but government can't force you to buy it.

The so-called "Obamacare" Health Care law is flawed for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that in the end it will undo many of the changes that have been made in Tennessee to TennCare to make it more cost-effective and save the State budget from TennCare causing it to collapse on itself. The legislation mandates greater coverage for the poor, elderly, and disabled, but it does nothing to address health care costs within the bounds of the federal Constitution, and that will lead to the truly helpless receiving rationed care, and even encouraged in the so-called "right to die." Very few people argue that our country needs no health care reform, especially when dealing with the issue of cost. However, it is better to have no health care law than to have one so flawed that it is dangerous to the citizenry and injurious to the rights of the States.