http://www.modbee.com/2012/03/28/2132841/high-court-should-uphold-health.html
Wednesday, Mar. 28, 2012
High court should uphold health care reform law
"We've had our concerns with health care reform. We never were convinced, for example, that the bill passed by Congress in 2010 did enough to get costs under control. But the law, overall, was a major step toward a healthier America.
We've also been skeptical of that Republican battle cry: "repeal and replace." Replace with what? For the most part, the Republicans don't have an answer. We do believe that Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., chairman of the House Budget Committee, has an intriguing plan for reforming Medicare, which he devised along with Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon. Under their plan, future retirees would be able to opt into traditional government-run Medicare, or they could buy a private plan on a government-run exchange. Seniors would receive a subsidy that would rise or fall based on the cost of the policies they selected.
But we also believe that the mandate as envisioned in the health care law is likely to withstand constitutional scrutiny. Laurence Silberman, an appointee of President Ronald Reagan, noted in a U.S. appeals court ruling in November that while the mandate 'certainly is an encroachment on individual liberty, it is no more so than a command that restaurants or hotels are obliged to serve all customers regardless of race, that gravely ill individuals cannot use a substance their doctors described as the only effective palliative for excruciating pain or that a farmer cannot grow enough wheat to support his own family.'
In each case, the court has ruled in favor of federal regulation."
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