Why the Health-Care Bills Are Unconstitutional

The Constitution doesn't give Congress the power to mandate that Americans purchase health insurance. Secondly, the Senate version includes several deals to secure the votes of some undecided senators. This kind of selective spending, which targets certain states, runs afoul of the general welfare clause. Lastly, the legislation cannot order that the states establish things like benefit exchanges. Otherwise, Congress is rendering states as nothing more than subdivisions of the federal government. WSJ