Reason Writers Around the Internet: Peter Suderman Talks Health Insurance Mandates, Broccoli, and the Constitution on Bloggingheads

Can last year's health care overhaul survive a court challenge? Can the federal government really force everyone to buy broccoli? Would a broccoli mandate be constitutional in the even of a zombie invasion? Do video games make you conservative? Reason Associate Editor Peter Suderman and Adam Serwer of The American Prospect discuss these questions and more on Bloggingheads. Approximately one hour and ten minutes:

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[Alan Vanneman]

One hour and ten minutes? Hot damn!

[Anal Vanneman]

STOP IT!!!

[Old Mexican]

Reason Writers Around the Internet: Peter Suderman Talks Health Insurance Mandates, Broccoli, and the Constitution on Bloggingheads

This should attract Danny. He is keen on a fallacy of division: That the insurance purchasing mandate is constitutional because the whole law stems from the regulatory power of Congress.

[Not a Libertarian]

Mr. Adam Serwer giving his best "sexy minx" pose opposite the GIGANTIC head of Mr. Peter Suderman

[Rather]

I want to know why was compelling individuals to purchase insurance not separated out of the hc bill by the democrats? It would have made the court challenge moot with respect to all other aspects of the bill.

[cynical]

Because the insurance companies would have killed it, since otherwise the bill would have killed them.

[Ronad Vegan]

Suderman looks like he needs to get laid.