Flawed Again

When the truth is found
To be lies
And all the joy
Within you dies
--Jefferson Airplane

Judge Nap outlines why Rand Paul is once again correct to stand in opposition of the latest GOP-sponsored Obamacare 'repeal and replace' bill circulating around the Senate. He notes that Obamacare has been built on four flawed requirements:

1) The federal government has the obligation to provide healthcare coverage for every American.

2) The federal government can mandate that all citizens purchase healthcare coverage.

3) The federal government can micromanage healthcare production and distribution.

4) The federal government has access to all provider and patient medical records.

The latest Graham-Cassidy bill changes none of those flaws.

The correct response, as Judge Nap observes, is straight repeal of Obamacare, and then reliance on the free market, or at the very least regulation by the states, for healthcare provision.

As he has noted previously, the Judge suggests that the insidious victory of the Obamacare legislation is that it has persuaded Republicans, and a large group of Americans for that matter, that it is the duty of the federal government to assure healthcare coverage for all.

The federal government has nothing rightfully to do with healthcare. That's not according to the Judge, as he adds, it's according to the Constitution.