Quantum Windbag
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Medicare is not a mandatede health insurance program. An individual can opt out if they want to and purchse whatever health insurance they can afford. Example: Mitt Romney just turned 65. He has opted out of Medicare without any recriminations from the federal government.
Sure it is.
Explain something to me.
If Medicare is actually a mandated health insurance, and that actually proved that mandates are somehow constitutional, why didn't the government simply argue that Medicare proves the mandate is constitutional? Why did no one on either side of the argument try to make that argument in court? Where they all so stupid they didn't see it? Did no one ever see the blindingly obvious until some genius on a book blog saw it?