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Charles Fried: the individual mandate is fully constitutional because Congress unquestionably has the power to regulate the interstate…

On the recordFebruary 15, 2011
the individual mandate is fully constitutional because Congress unquestionably has the power to regulate the interstate health and insurance markets
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Charles Fried

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Charles Fried defends the constitutionality of the individual mandate in health care.

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I am quite sure that the health care mandate is constitutional.

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Does Congress have the right to regulate health care insurance? Of course it does.

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