The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was formally signed into law on March 23, 2010, with four key rhetorical elements of the ACA that command attention; counteraction of insurance company’s rejection of patients with pre-existing conditions , assuring “essential health benefits ”, mandating citizens to obtain health insurance , and an “employer mandate ”. Consequently, in terms of public policy, it would impose a duty on individuals as members of society. Secondly, it would require individuals to purchase a specific service that would be heavily regulated by the federal government. As Obama’s symbiotic theorist Saul Alinsky revealed in his textbook Rules for Radicals about political revolutionary tactics, “Political action requires a social force.”
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And by those standards, we’re not doing particularly well.” In classic Alinsky style, Sanders recognizes, “Power has always derived from two main sources, money and people. Lacking money, the Have-Nots must build power from their own flesh and blood.” However, Jack M. Balkin, cites the legal truth in his work, The Constitutionality of the Individual Mandate for Health Insurance “the individual mandate violates the Fifth Amendment by allowing the government to take property without just compensation.” While, the federal government has a constitutional right to "take" private property for public use, however, the Fifth Amendment's Just Compensation Clause requires the government to pay just compensation, interpreted as market value, to the owner of the property. Subsequently, the empirical result of Obamacare proves it
And by those standards, we’re not doing particularly well.” In classic Alinsky style, Sanders recognizes, “Power has always derived from two main sources, money and people. Lacking money, the Have-Nots must build power from their own flesh and blood.” However, Jack M. Balkin, cites the legal truth in his work, The Constitutionality of the Individual Mandate for Health Insurance “the individual mandate violates the Fifth Amendment by allowing the government to take property without just compensation.” While, the federal government has a constitutional right to "take" private property for public use, however, the Fifth Amendment's Just Compensation Clause requires the government to pay just compensation, interpreted as market value, to the owner of the property. Subsequently, the empirical result of Obamacare proves it