Obamacare has nothing to do with forming a more perfect union of the individual states.
Obamacare has nothing to do with insuring domestic Tranquility between the individual states.
Obamacare has nothing to do with Liberty.
As to whether the phrase "general welfare" in the Constitution permits the federal government to institute Obamacare, that was already addressed.
Here is again, in case you ignored it the first time:
America is a global leader in medical innovation.
The US solely developed or contributed significantly to 9 of the top 10 most important medical innovations since 1975 as ranked by a 2001 poll of physicians, while the EU and Switzerland together contributed to five.
Since 1966, Americans have received more Nobel Prizes in Medicine than the rest of the world combined.
From 1989 to 2002, four times more money was invested in private biotechnology companies in America than in Europe
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the United States spent more on health care per capita ($8,608), and more on health care as percentage of its GDP (17.2%), than any other nation in 2011
America ranks close to the bottom compared to other industrialized countries on several important health issues affecting mortality:
- low birth weight,
- infant mortality,
- injuries,
- murder,
- teen pregnancy,
- STDs,
- HIV,
- AIDS,
- deaths resulting from drug overdoses,
- obesity,
- diabetes,
- heart disease,
- COPD,
- general disabilities
United States life expectancy of 78.4 years at birth, up from 75.2 years in 1990, ranks it 50th among 221 nations, and 27th out of the 34 industrialized OECD countries, down from 20th in 1990
Of 17 high-income countries studied by the National Institutes of Health in 2013, the United States had the highest or near-highest prevalence of obesity, car accidents, infant mortality, heart and lung disease, sexually transmitted infections, adolescent pregnancies, injuries, homicides, and disability.
Together, such issues place the U.S. at the bottom of the list for life expectancy
U.S. Census Bureau reported that 49.9 million residents, 16.3% of the population, were uninsured in 2010 (up from 49.0 million residents, 16.1% of the population, in 2009)
2004 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report said: "The United States is among the few industrialized nations in the world that does not guarantee access to health care for its population."
2004 OECD report said: "With the exception of Mexico, Turkey, and the United States, all OECD countries had achieved universal or near-universal (at least 98.4% insured) coverage of their populations by 1990."
Recent evidence demonstrates that lack of health insurance causes some 45,000 to 48,000 unnecessary deaths every year in the United States.
2007, 62.1% of filers for bankruptcies claimed high medical expenses
2013 study found that about 25% of all senior citizens declare bankruptcy due to medical expenses, and 43% are forced to mortgage or sell their primary residence.
2007 survey had found about 70 million Americans either have difficulty paying for medical treatment or have medical debt
about 60% of those found to have medical debt were insured, the gap between insurance coverage and the affordability of health care manifests as medical debt.
study has found about 63% of adults with medical debt avoided further medical treatment
study conducted in 2012 by Demos that among indebted households 62% cited out-of-pocket medical expenses as a contribution to their debt
March 23, 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) became law.
As of May 2014, about 20 million Americans had gained health insurance coverage under the ACA, and the percentage of uninsured Americans dropped from 18% in 2013 to 13.4%.
National Institutes of Health reported that the lifetime per capita expenditure at birth, using year 2000 dollars, showed a large difference between health care costs of females ($361,192) and males ($268,679)
health care reform in the United States concerns questions of a right to health care:
- access,
- fairness,
- efficiency,
- cost,
- choice,
- value,
- quality
The U.S. pays twice as much as Canada yet lags behind other wealthy nations in such measures as infant mortality and life expectancy
The system does not deliver equivalent value for the money spent.
"Genuineoriginal" would argue than none of these problems concern government.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_debt
