Originally Posted by cabo35

Does Congress really have the power to create a universal health care system and require people to carry insurance?

I know the Congress is depending on Article I, Section 8. In part it reads reads: “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.”