Finally! Somebody asked the question!

There is no constitutional authority for the federal government to mandate something like this. It would be struck down in most courts if challenged. The federal government cannot force you to purchase ANYTHING for that matter. this would be unprecidented and completely unconstitutional. I also want to put to rest the tired irelevent argument many people here and elsewhere here seem tobe using as a paralel example, the car insurance argument. The federal government cannot and DOES NOT mandate that you purchace autho insurance. In many states, this is done at the state level but ONLY if you register a car. No car, no insurance mandate. There is absolutely no relevence to the auto insurance argument, it's beyond rediculous to even try to draw a comparrison.

Pelosi like so many others in Washington probably doesn't have a clue what the constitution says. All we as citizens can do is hope and pray that Pelosi and the likes of her are voted out of office ASAP. As for Mr. Obama being a constitutional lawyer - is he? Have you seen his law degree and the rest of his records ? Does he actually have a degree?

There are so many policies that violate the Constitution lately. Michele Bachman once asked how the Constitution gave congress the right to do something, I forget what, and never got an answer. I don't think these people in DC have ever read the Constitution. If so, they would burn it.

Where does it say in the constitution that you have to have Car Insurance? But, most state in the country require it. Have YOU really thought about why you have to have Car insurance?

Congress could force us to buy a GM vehicle.

Awesome! I think it's great that someone interviewing actually noticed that this is against the Constitution!

Candidate Senator Obama was really pressed on the issue of making insurance manditory... would his bill cover all Americans. In the primaries he was attacked by "cover everybody" candidates like Clinton and Kucinich that he was not a true Democrat unless he called for all to be covered. He stood fast and said he would provide options but nothing manditory. That took some guts. I have not heard Obama change from the 'mopre options' pitch he had made earlier. Maybe Pelosi is facing the others in the caucus calling for blanket coverage, but it does not appear in the Prez's plan.