Courts may not get last word in health care fight

The Daily Caller ^ | 12/16/10 | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Opponents of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law are a cheering a federal court ruling that one of its core provisions is unconstitutional. They may not realize that Obama has a fallback option that also could do the job.

Even if the Supreme Court ultimately agrees that government cannot require individuals to carry health coverage, the Obama administration could borrow a strategy that Medicare has used for decades to compel consumers to join new insurance groups.

Medicare’s coverage for doctor visits is voluntary and carries a separate premium, yet more than nine in 10 older people sign up. The reason is simple: Those who opt out when they first become eligible face a lifelong penalty that escalates the longer they wait.

[Daisyjane69]

And even this is being litigated in court as we speak, this whole forcing people to buy into Medicare. It’s an active case:

Hill vs. Sebelius

http://thefundforpersonalliberty.org/