It doesn’t seem to matter to some people what the Constitution of the United States says — or does not say.

Some people — many of them high in the federal government — want “government” to take over practically everything. Some want more power. Others just want to be relieved of “problems” and “responsibilities” — and “costs.”

So it is these days with medical insurance challenges.

There is nothing in the Constitution that gives the federal government responsibility, power or ability to meet all of our medical needs. In fact, the 10th Amendment of the Bill of Rights of the Constitution says all powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people.

But since some people don’t want to deal with medical care costs, some politicians find it popular to offer to take responsibility off their hands.

That’s why Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., insists there should be a “government option.”

“Anyone who had any doubts about the need for such an option,” she said, “need only look at the behavior of the health insurance industry this week.”

Insurance companies seek to help our people prepay for needed medical care. It’s expensive, often burdensome. If there were a taxpayer-subsidized “government option,” do you think medical care would be “free,” or “less expensive”? If government offered medical insurance and undercut private medical insurance, wouldn’t government likely attract most, or all, of the insurance “business”? Then who would pay the billions — trillions — of dollars for the “government option” for medical care?

Wouldn’t “the people,” the taxpayers, have to pay?

Look at other “government” programs. Would government medicine be efficient, of high quality and cheaper? Are you ready to pay the cost?