Citizen Jeff

Why the Individual Mandate is Doomed

The Supreme Court has never ruled Congress has authority under the Commerce Clause to impose an economic mandate on the general population, and until it passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) last year, Congress had never claimed it is so authorized. But a majority of American taxpayers will be required to buy health insurance or pay a penalty starting in 2014 - if the new law isn’t overturned or revised sooner (as I predict it will be).