The New Republic: on Health Care


Anthony Kennedy: ObamaCare should be justified by other Constitutional powers

[Regarding ObamaCare's individual mandate, Kennedy said,] "When the inquiry is whether a federal law has sufficient links to an enumerated power to be within the scope of federal power, the analysis depends not on the number of links in the congressional power chain but on the strength of the chain." Kennedy signaled his openness to arguments supporting federal power if they are justified in terms of enumerated congressional powers such as the regulation of interstate commerce and the power to tax.
Source: Frank Colucci in The New Republic, "Inside the Mind" Mar 28, 2011

Rahm Emanuel: I was charged to produce ObamaCare; and it happened

Q: In one scene in your brother Zeke's new book, doctors bring up malpractice reform and you sort of say, 'Screw this.'

EMANUEL: I was chief of staff. I was charged with trying to produce a health care bill that hadn't been done in 100 years. And I will say, it happened.

Q: When the ObamaCare website wasn't working properly, did you want to be in Washington trying to fix it?

EMANUEL: You gotta be kidding. You get a freebie question for the ridiculousness of that question.

Q: I was asking about your competitive instinct. You say you like to fix things.

EMANUEL: That goes down as one of the more intriguing questions I have ever had. Did I wish I was in Washington to fix a website? Let me answer that. I have a single-word answer. No. Please do not edit out the sarcasm of that answer.

Q: Don't worry, it is staying.

EMANUEL: I don't want it to be missed on your readers.

Source: The New Republic 2014 coverage of 2016 presidential hopefuls Apr 6, 2014

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