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Originally Posted by Article 1 Section 8 US constitution
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
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Providing general welfare includes health care in my book. Then again, I am of the opinion that hospitals should not run for profit, but that the wages of the staff be kept competitive.
That being said, this will probably fail because when you have two parties fighting for power which are nigh on identical in action, but diametrically opposed in rethoric it is hard to get something done.