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While not officially construed as law, the preamble of the Constitution, was meant by the Founding Fathers, as an outline to the role of the government in its most ideal state.

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

When the Supreme Court heard the case of Ellis v. City of Grand Rapids, the court cited the phrase “promote the general welfare” as evidence that “the health of the people was in the minds of our forefathers.” It is in the vein, the issue of health care in America needs to be address. Many Americans are without medical coverage and as a nation, we owe it to those without coverage, to provide a solution. The current bickering in Washington and town hall meetings across the country need to stop and intelligent debated needs to follow. Conservatives need to quit the filibustering and reach a compromise.

However, we should not stop there because we Americans are flawed as well. We need to look at ourselves to improve the health care system in this country. When compared to the rest of the the world, Americans live unhealthy life styles, which only drives up medical cost. If we all vowed to live healthier life styles, then health care may not be as big of a problem. We are a society that wants to have our cake and eat it too… Rather then look exclusively to Washington for a solution, as we do way too often, it might be time to look at ourselves and just put down the cake.