Officials are currently preparing for the possibility that a federal judge in Virginia will soon reject the health care law as being unconstitutional as the Obama administration continues to push forward with it and will, unfortunately for the White House, halt its enforcement until higher courts can rule. While administrators do remain confident that it is constitutionally possible to compel people to obtain health insurance, they do acknowledge that Judge Hudson’s premature opinions and comments could possibly presage the first ruling against the law. This is an example of evaluation because the policy of the health care law is not being implemented effectively since some are saying the law is unconstitutional while other administrators are encouraging Americans to obtain health insurance.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/27/us/politics/27health.html?_r=1&ref=us
Kilee Imlay
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It seems unlikely that the Health Care bill will be deemed unconstitutional. Health care could be seen as social regulation and is similar to enforcing laws requiring drivers to have car insurance.
ReplyDeleteAlthough this law would cost the government billions of dollars, it would actually end up reducing the federal deficit by about $138 billion. Still, this type of government, making it mandatory for Americans to buy health insurance, could be rejected as illegitimate. This even relates to the common themes about legitimation, especially that money and knowledge are key influences.
ReplyDelete-Kelly Neary