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Published: Sat, 14 Nov 2009
Description: Are penalties against the uninsured unconstitutional?
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" appropriate for people who try to free right assisting force others to pay for their health insurance. "
" You -- the president. Right it's a punish Americans who don't buy health insurance but Jonathan you say that's unconstitutional when they originally announced this is a free country Cheryl put off this -- health care reform we -- Is based on force."
" Forcing -- to buy insurance forcing insurers to cover everybody fourteen for to pay for your neighbors."
" Health care and lost in this is the individual's right to live isn't well."
" Owned life without being responsible for society at large that's exactly what these plans trample on and it's --"
" But just doesn't let -- that say it is just like porting your credit card turns what's --"
" That's a good question -- cargo 150 miles an hour I'm mad that I can't drive that fast and I have to pay for insurance reinsurance and that's not my problem by hit somebody gamma waves of free market. I mean that the problem is we are already paying for each other. Oh good free market solution shall would be like if you don't get insurance you're not allowed to go into an emergency room and not pay your bills and burden assistant with their cost we won't do that Americans would -- people dying on the streets even though it's their own fault frankly. So the -- forcibly get insurance so they don't burden everybody else that's the Communist part when -- when you're not paying your bills and someone else pays it which is the current system we're trying to fix up."
" Okay -- this what the president said quote penalties are appropriate for people who try to free ride the system. And -- forced others to pay for their health care that's that's is reasoning."
" understand that but there's a basic flaw in the economic model without -- so you've got a provider and somebody who who who would receive our of those of those things. And you've got -- third party -- Not a war there is not a case in the history of it economics in any society where you have a third party pay provide them who said. Who's paying the bills. Doesn't work at all it will never work -- don't -- witness to the government insurance companies. In the old days when you were a doctor -- a small town you took care of everybody everybody took care of -- if you had some that. You couldn't pay it right what is it okay I'll bring over a sack of potatoes operate something else -- that would bar and that was an."
" There's usually a personal thing that this is no personally done a third party -- level what it. You you know let you shop around for the prices of just about everything else you buy you don't shop around here insurance -- way to current system is -- make it a more capital. Analysts -- this system -- let go out. Shot there insurance as opposed to forcing need to buy something. What if you don't get it then you then me at heart what happens. My I am not a problem. Your room and it's crafts and Christian and it. Yes the crescent thus the argument is as of the uninsured are draining. The insurance companies because that's in the end up paying for the average over that an emergency."
" Well absolutely it's it's it's not acceptable that you allow people to consume medical services while not paying anything at all in what way is talking about it sounds like he was arguing for a robust. Public plan. Where you eliminate this whole -- third party nonsense. That corrupts the system is we have right now. But you know let's just look at it you know this is certainly not unconstitutional. This is exactly what we do with as you mention."
" Car insurance through anyone who has a hold it back past the body homeowners insurance had to say it's not true by the car I think voluntary act by the government as a voluntary act."
" But this is attacked -- just for being a lot. This the taxes and and -- you making a voluntary choice as an individual who don't."
" Income -- liberal ideas for some people think income taxes -- constitutional doesn't mean it's not constitutional adjusting the blackout theory that the government has no right to charges for things and make -- stuff."
" And you and religious the United States that you pay your taxes forcing me and I mother Donna and John one."
" The -- honestly health -- and the car insurance is this you have something to -- a morality in this there's abortions of choice batteries some of these bills that may go through I don't wanna -- that put that as a writer but is a writer for both dogs and make -- basic health care coverage but what they're doing right now is a disaster that they're trying to -- but what."
" And again I think passive way -- the -- continues wit that the different have the coverage that there's this is also different when you talk about it in an automobile that guy's got an attempt to trot them and kill me. That's that's a different thing that might think -- worrying about myself. I'm if if that this is gonna protect the other person of the society -- a totally different concept than what we're talking about an insurance and other white. When I say a third party pay it just so you know cricket when I'm talking about the government could be the third party -- eliminate."
" All the department. Actress about where. Look just like to say that I think many of you were right. The system right now on the experience reform but it's unfair to save it. Talking about having people pay into the system so they don't free ride is unconstitutional. Or moral it's part of it off the business of living in a society -- are at -- it's great having obvious answer thank you."
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