The Pros And Cons Of Federalism

On May 25, 1787 the constitutional convention began at the Independence Hall in Philadelphia in order to amend the Articles of Confederation. It was apparent to the framers of the Constitution that the Articles of Confederation lacked central authority over foreign and domestic commerce, threw many conflicts over time after the Revolutionary War. This wouldn’t be a harmonious amendment either. Between the Federalists and the Anti – Federalist they spent the entire summer creating a new government unlike any before. Leaving no one happy proving their creation was fair. One of the biggest conflicts was the balancing of the powers between the National and State government in our federal system (Barbour, Wright 74).
The outcome of this conflict is called “Federalism: a political system in which authority is divided between different levels of government (the national and state levels, In America’s case)” (75). These men were committed to the

Where Federal Government mandated states to choose a (EBH) or Essential Health Benefit plan that would most benefit their state and residents .In his article Alan Weil (The Value of Federalism) compares states to laboratories of Democracy. This solidifies the idea that states know more about their residents than the White House. He gives 3 reasons why going through the State governmental system is more beneficial to the cause than not. One reason being to learn what works for their residents, proving that a trial and error approach is the best way to go with this kind of reform .The second being tailoring policies to local conditions, granting those who had their insurance privy to this change keep a policy similar to the one they had before and allowing new members to have coverage similar to their neighbor. The third reason is to better match the policies to local values. Will our residents be able to afford this