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"In July, 1798, Congress passed, and President John Adams signed into law “An Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen,” authorizing the creation of a marine hospital service, and mandating privately employed sailors to purchase healthcare insurance."
"In July, 1798, Congress passed, and President John Adams signed into law “An Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen,” authorizing the creation of a marine hospital service, and mandating privately employed sailors to purchase healthcare insurance."
This mandate did not mandate everyone in the US buy insurance. So its not comparable
Everyone, anyone. Same, same from a Constitutional point of view. One might argue that because it target only one part of the population that it might have been viewed as even less constitutional.
Everyone, anyone. Same, same from a Constitutional point of view. One might argue that because it target only one part of the population that it might have been viewed as even less constitutional.
Actually, there is a WIDE gulf between law of the land and admiralty/maritime jurisdiction.
Read up on it sometime.
Here's another example of an individual mandate in our past. It's not health care, but it no doubt applied to a lot more people than the Sick and Disabled Seamen Act.
The Militia Act of 1792 (actually, the second act - there were two in 1792) required every citizen who joined the militia to arm themselves - at their own expense - with a weapon and other gear.
That every citizen, so enrolled and notified, shall, within six months thereafter, provide himself with a good musket or firelock, a sufficient bayonet and belt, two spare flints, and a knapsack, a pouch, with a box therein, to contain not less than twenty four cartridges, suited to the bore of his musket or firelock, each cartridge to contain a proper quantity of powder and ball; or with a good rifle, knapsack, shot-pouch, and powder-horn, twenty balls suited to the bore of his rifle, and a quarter of a pound of powder; and shall appear so armed, accoutred and provided, when called out to exercise or into service, except, that when called out on company days to exercise only, he may appear without a knapsack.
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