Fighting for "Freeload and Liberty," Conservatives Won't spend Hard earned Money on Health Care Insurance.

OPINION:

It's only just the beginning, but the frivolous lawsuits to stop health care reform in its tracks became a real possibility yesterday, when a George W. Bush appointed judge decided:

U.S. District Court Judge Henry E. Hudson (said), "While this case raises a host of complex constitutional issues, all seem to distill to the single question of whether or not Congress has the power to regulate -- and tax -- a citizen's decision not to participate in interstate commerce. Neither the U.S. Supreme Court nor any circuit court of appeals has squarely addressed this issue," Hudson wrote in his 32-page opinion.

Think about it, if the conservative activist Supreme Court Justices decide against the interstate commerce argument for universal health care, not only will it call into question all interstate regulations but create an entire nation of "Freeload and Liberty patriots" getting emergency room health care from everyone else. Not only will they not feel the price increases the insured will be asked to pay, but it justifies the long held idea that emergency room treatment IS universal health care.

President Bush even said once everyone has access to health care simply by going to the nearest emergency room. It sounded crazy at the time, but the impact of that mind numbing revelation is taking root in the tea party movement, and the GOP's platform of repeal and replace.

I know, the thrust of the argument is really based on the overall idea that reform violated the constitution, and was example of government overreach. But not having to buy insurance is now part of being "free." Or a "freeloader" as like to call it.

What it really suggests is that buying health care insurance is great if that's what you decide to purchase, but in the big picture, isn't necessary if you don't feel like having it or can't afford it. After all, there's always the emergency room.

So far, the conservative activist Supreme Court is making these pocketbook constitutional scholars look good, a sad and disconcerting sign we're in for a dramatic shift in this country to the far right.

Amd as long as younger adults believe the rhetoric that they won't have Social Security and Medicare when they are older, as many Republicans continue to suggest, they won't fight to prevent these New Deal programs from being dissolved.

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