Week 7: March 17-21, 2014• Monday: Affordable Healthcare Act: Constitutional?

• • Tuesday: Affordable Healthcare Act: Constitutional?

• Wednesday: Work on Module 2

• Thursday: Work on Module 2

• Friday: Current Events: State-Group 2

Homework Assignments –Due Dates• Tuesday(3/18): Affordable Healthcare Act

• Wednesday(3/19): Affordable Healthcare Act

• Thursday(3/20):Module 2:Individual & Group Part

• Friday(3/21): Download Module 3 and Chapter 5 Notes in Maxwell Manuel

• Monday(3/24):

Monday-March 17, 2014• Do Now: KWL chart on the Affordable Healthcare Act(Obamacare)-Write what you know & what you want to learn

• Objective: Does the Commerce Clause of the Constitution authorize Congress to require that almost all persons in the US purchase health insurance?

• Homework: Classifying Arguments & Your Decision

DO NOW

State of Healthcare in America-2009• 50 million Americans without insurance

• Denied based because not healthy or had a preexisting condition

• Could not afford to pay

• 175 million had access to insurance through employers

• 25 million purchased insurance for themselves • $43 Billion dollars spend in 2008 to cover uninsured Americans-$400/policy holders

Review Notes with Group Members

Powers of Congress Article 1, Section 8 (textbook page 134)• Commerce Clause• [3]To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;

Article , Section 8-Commerce Clause • To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;

• In your group:• Read the Commerce Clause• Determine whether there Congress has

the Authority to pass a law requiring health insurance

• Where else might Congress get the authority to make such a law?

Homework• Classify Arguments as Constitutional or Unconstitutional

• Write your decision as if you were a member of the Supreme Court

Tuesday-March 18, 2014• DO NOW: Move to the designated area of the room based on whether or not you believe the Individual Mandate part of the Affordable Care Act(Obamacare) is Constitutional or Unconstitutional

• Objective:Does the Commerce Clause of the Constitution authorize Congress to require that almost all persons in the US purchase health insurance?

• Homework: Finish up Module 2 • Read Chapter 5 in Maxwell Manuel

Constitutional/Unconstitutional? • In your group, discuss the reasons why you believe it to be Constitutional/Unconstitutional?

• Create a list of the top 2 reasons for Constituional/Unconstitional

Constitutional

Unconstitutional

The Decision • Read the Supreme Court’s Decision & Answer the following questions below your homework response:

• What are the similarities to your decision? • What are the difference with your decision?

Roberts: “The Federal government does not have the power to order people to buy health insurance…The federal government does have the power to impose a tax on those without health insurance.”

Dissenting Opinion: “To say that the individual mandate merely imposes a tax is not to interpret the statute but to rewrite it..”

Conclusion• Do you believe that requiring everyone to buy health insurance is a good policy whether or not you believe it is constitutional?

• Do you believe there is an alternative to the individual mandate that could solve the problem of the 50 million uninsured American?

Wednesday-March 19, 2014• DO NOW: Get into groups and work on Module 2

• Objective: Conducting surveys

• Homework: Finish up Module 2 • Read Chapter 5 in Maxwell Manuel

Thursday-March 14, 2013• DO NOW: Get into groups and finish Module 2

• Objective:

• Homework: Work on Module 3• Current Events-Group 2 • Maxwell Manuel Chapter 5 Notes

Friday-March 21, 2013• DO NOW: Group 2 Prepare for Current Events Presentation

• Objective: Public Policy in Action

• Homework: TBD