Week 7: March 17-21, 2014

1. 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

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):

3. 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

4. DO NOW

5. 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

7. Review Notes with Group Members

8. 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;

9. 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?

10. Homework • Classify Arguments as Constitutional or Unconstitutional • Write your decision as if you were a member of the Supreme Court

11. 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

12. 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

13. Constitutional

14. Unconstitutional

15. 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?

16. 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..”

17. 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?

18. 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

19. 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

20. Friday-March 21, 2013 • DO NOW: Group 2 Prepare for Current Events Presentation • Objective: Public Policy in Action • Homework: TBD