State Lawmakers Map Out New ObamaCare Battles

Capitol Confidential ^ | 7/14/2010 | Tom Gantert

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As one option failed, two GOP lawmakers are trying again to put a roadblock up against the federal health care law that mandates every American have health care insurance.

Wendy Day, President of Common Sense In Government, spearheaded the petition drive to have an amendment to the state's Constitution that would repeal many aspects of the nationalized health care bill. The movement fell far short of the 380,000 signatures needed. Day estimated between 145,000 and 185,000 signatures were obtained.

Since President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law March 23, many critics have been trying to find ways to repeal it on the state level.

State Senator Wayne Kuipers, R-Holland, and House Representative Tom McMillin, R-Rochester Hills, said they will bring their own versions of the Healthcare Freedom Act to the legislature.

Kuipers said he hopes to have the Senate version introduced later this month, perhaps as early as July 21.

It would allow Michigan residents to opt out of a single-payer government-based insurance, which McMillin said he thinks will eventually become a reality...

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Perhaps its just time for the people and states to withdraw their consent as in Just Say No!

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Apparently they had that opportunity and they wouldn’t sign the petition.

Maybe they thought it was doomed to fail, as all these bills will fail. Federal law trumps state law in matters such as this.

This law needs to be repealed on the federal level or be found unconstitutional or something.

But nice as the gestures are in state after state, they won’t stave off zerocare, finance reform or any of the other federal mandates.

And who is really going to fight this on a personal level? When you are standing in your Dr.’s office and they inform you that you MUST allow them to copy your ID or that you MUST allow them to do a BMI or that your bank MUST report your credit card transactions...who is going to fight and say NO?