When the Constitution was written, the population was much smaller and they didn't have medical technologies that were anything like what we have today. To claim to know what our founding fathers would say and do in our current situation is presumptuous and ignorant. A purely free market has never existed, and if it did, it would be just as flawed as communism or any other politico-economic system that ever was. Monopolies would exist, price gouging would be rampant, and employees would be lucky to earn a fraction of what they deserved. This is already practically the case, and we have laws designed to protect us from such abuses. To look at anything that even has a tinge of socialism as being inherently destructive to our society and analogous to a nitro boost on the way towards communism, is what will keep this nation from reaching its fullest potential. Just because the full blown socialist societies of the past were failures, doesn't mean there can't be a mix that will better suit us. Of course things should be mostly free market, but when it comes to something like healthcare, the motivation to make profit will always keep people from getting the coverage they need, at a price they can afford. If everyone deserves life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, then everyone deserves to at least have a basic level of medical care, without having to lose their homes or go bankrupt. Most of the cost is deferred to society any way, so producing an efficient system that is government funded, and non-profit run, will allow everyone to be covered and more capital to circulate.