19 Protecting Health Care For Citizens

A growing number of states are standing up for individuals’ freedom of choice when it comes to purchasing – or not purchasing – health insurance.  These states are protecting their citizens regardless of what Congress does.

Kansas Republicans have introduced a state constitutional amendment that would protect the right of Kansas residents to make their own health care choices. That makes Kansas the 19th state where legislators have introduced, or will introduce, such legislation.

The proposed Kansas amendment preserves the right of individuals to pay directly for medical care -- something that is not allowed in single-payer countries such as Canada. It also prohibits any individual from being penalized for not purchasing government-defined insurance.

 Under the amendment, any state attempt to require an individual to purchase health insurance--or forbid an individual from purchasing services outside of the government-established health care system--would be rendered unconstitutional.

"Federal health care reform efforts may include a requirement that individuals purchase health insurance, and a so-called 'public option' which will result in less choices for consumers and new government mandates," said Iowa State Rep. Linda Upmeyer, who chairs ALEC's Health and Human Services Task Force. 

 "Americans don't need more government mandates, we need real consumer choice. ALEC's Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act is designed to protect individual rights and our freedom to purchase health insurance of our choice, or not," she added.
Kansas and seven other states Alaska, Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, New Hampshire and Utah have publicly announced their intention to file legislation to protect their citizens from any government health-care mandates.

Eleven states have already filed or pre-filed similar legislation.  These states are Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Minnesota, North Dakota, New Mexico, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Wyoming. Arizona's measure, which passed the legislature in June, will be put before voters on the 2010 ballot.

These states are protecting their citizens from Obamacare health care.  If all 19 states get the legislation passed, Obama and the Democrats will be after them.  Those states will join Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and others on elitist progressive Barack Hussein Obama’s enemies list.  Quite a prestigious list.

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