By Josh Welch (publisher)

The latest plan Congress has passed will be challenged by 13 states, including Florida. The suit to the supreme court is suggesting the new law requires the American people purchase a product, even if they do not want it. 

Sadly, they are right. The new law passed requires all Americans to have health insurance, and like any other insurance, it is a product. That means the government is essentially saying, “This product is very expensive, everyone should need it, so everyone must buy it.” That sounds good until you start looking at what else would qualify for that sentence.

Just the other day I bought some milk and started wondering to myself, “What if this was too expensive, will they go ahead and provide that next?” Probably this isn’t going to happen, but I had to re-write this sentence from “obviously” to “probably.” This is not the place of government, it wasn’t made to make things cheaper for us. They need to step in and look at where the loss is, where the high costs come from.

To be fair, if you do not have the money for milk, everyone else does not have to pay for it right now, whereas if you have an illness everyone else is forced to pay for your coverage, hospitals cannot turn anyone away, with or without coverage. It does beg the question though, if the government mandates you buy a product now, what will they mandate you buy in the future?

The Democratic party came into office as the party of “change” and they are definitely performing that way, my question is how many of you voted for him, and regret it now? Was this the change that they were even talking about?