Originally Posted by dc_dux

No, I am not saying Congress can mandate anything.

I am saying that affordable and accessible health care falls within the meaning of "general welfare"

Why doesnt it? Because it is not specifically listed under the general welfare clause?

And lets not forget that the concept of "general welfare" is not just limited to Article I, but is in the very preamble of the Constitution:

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, 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

So, you still havent answered my question. Why do you think the mandate does not "promote the general welfare" of the US?