Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
That's the thirteenth amendment to the US Constitution.
What's really interesting about that is how certain types of medical professionals, notably chiropractors are required to accept the government insurance. Doctors of oral surgery, physical therapists, and occupational therapists also cannot opt out of medicare, so they are required to accept medicare patients. They don't have to accept patients with any other insurance, but the government says that they have to take medicare.
If you're forced to accept patients with government insurance that show up at your door, how is that not involuntary servitude?
It's probably only going to be a matter of time before the government mandates that the doctors take all of the crappy government insurance. Stupid politicians.
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