A simple case for universal health care

Universal health care is inevitable. The General Welfare clause of the Constitution permits it, so it will only be a matter of time and political will. If universal health care were not permitted by the Constitution of the United States, someone would have made an effective challenge to it by now. We have something approaching universal health care in Medicare and the Veterans Administration, and they’re not going away anytime soon.

It is worth noting that those on the right continue to exhort that people must be responsible for their health care. I agree. I…