Reform opponents continue to spread myths about components of
America's Affordable Health Choices Act, including the
nonsensical claim that the federal government has no
constitutionally valid role in reforming our health care system
--apparently ignoring the validity of Medicare and other popular
federal health reforms. MYTH:'Health insurance reform could be
unconstitutional…or violate the 10th amendment.' FACT: As with
Medicare and Medicaid, the federal government has the
Constitutional power to reform our health care system. The 10th
amendment to the U.S. Constitution states that the powers not
delegated to the federal government by the Constitution, nor
prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states … or
to the people. But the Constitution gives Congress broad power
to regulate activities that have an effect on interstate
commerce. Congress has used this authority to regulate many
aspects of American life, from labor relations to education to
health care to agricultural production. Since virtua