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New at Reason: Damon Root on Whether the Health Insurance Mandate is Constitutional

Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress possesses the power “to regulate Commerce...among the several States.” Proponents of the so-called individual mandate—which would require all Americans to purchase or secure health insurance—say that this requirement is perfectly constitutional thanks to the Commerce Clause. Are they right? Associate Editor Damon W. Root takes a look.

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