Posted on 03/24/2010 3:16:20 PM PDT by CitizenM
RICHMOND - Governor Bob McDonnell (R) signed Virginia’s opposition to the Democratically led federal health care reform bill Wednesday afternoon.
The governor put his signature on the Virginia Health Care Freedom Act at a ceremony in Richmond. State Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, State Senators Steve Martin, Fred Quayle, Jill Vogel, Delegate Bob Marshall, and Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources Dr. Bill Hazel all took part in the event.
“We all agree that we must expand access to quality health care and reduce costs for all Virginians. However, that should not be accomplished through an unprecedented federal mandate on individuals that we believe violates the U.S. Constitution. The Virginia Healthcare Freedom Act sets as the policy of the Commonwealth that no individual, with several specific exceptions, can be required to purchase health insurance coverage. The Act was passed with bipartisan support, in sharp contrast to the narrow straight line partisan vote that enacted the federal health care bill on Sunday night. Virginia’s Healthcare Freedom Act received the votes of leading Democratic Senators, as well as the Democratic House Minority Leader. It was an important step to sign this bipartisan legislation today,” McDonnell said in a news release.
“The states have long been leaders in identifying and implementing innovative policies to expand access to, and improve the affordability of, healthcare coverage. Virginia will continue to play that important role. We will do this through promoting incentives for the purchase of long term care and individual medical savings accounts, focusing on preventative health and combating obesity, studying our medical delivery systems with the objective of reforming them to work better for our citizens, expanding free clinics and aggressively finding new ways to reduce the cost of our Medicaid system, which has already grown 1600% in the past 25 years. There are fiscally responsible ways by which we can reform healthcare and expand quality coverage that do not involve the forcing of unfunded and unprecedented mandates onto individuals and states, and the unsustainable growing of our national debt,” the Governor added.
Cuccinelli said, “Virginians spoke loudly and clearly in rallies, in town halls, and at the ballot box about their opposition to the new federal health care law. The governor and both Democrats and Republicans in the General Assembly heard them, and as a result, the Virginia Health Care Freedom Act is being signed today.”
Terry Goddard (AG Arizona) will NOT help or support Jan Brewer’s (Gov. AZ)effort in Arizona.
But what does it do? Can it stop the IRS from collecting a tax?
It’s funny if not sobering: The federal healthcare takeover was purely partisan, with opposition to it being bi-partisan.
You’re forgetting the veto pen that Obortionist will undoubtedly use.
Defunding the bill does not however remove the usurption of power the feds will take through its enactments.
As with the 18th Amendment and its repeal with the 21th, we still live to this day with not only organized crime but powers given to the FBI and Justice Department that directly came from enforcing prohibition, not to mention the ATF.
We can defund but without full repeal we are still faced with the Government having these powers which can easily be pulled out the next time the country looses its mind and elects the Dems into power.
The lying sack of slime O’Malley alleges that Obamacare will save Maryland $2 billion, doncha know. It’s gonna cost every other state billions but for some reason it’s gonna save money for us in Md. And more than half the idiots will believe him. These people have to be the dumbest people alive.
Fair enough.
For clarity, you mean a massive revolt AGAINST big gubmint?
I think mass disobedience is one of the tools that will have to be used. There may be consequences, fine. For me, better than living with repression.
“... Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace— but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! “
Good God, this is a tragedy in four parts ending up with end of the Republic.
WE BE IN ACT IV, JUST AXE THE PRESENT.
Well, and just think. The IRS is going to say to a citizen of Virginia that they owe them money. The citizen will say no they don’t because of state law. Now if the corrupt courts then go and rule in favor of the feds, and the State backs down or does not protect...then MR citizen is stuck with the bill...Plus whatever penalties.
I am totally on Virgina’s side. I wish I knew how far they were willing to go(National Guard?) in order to keep the feds at bay.
Hey now, we didn’t all vote for Obama. There are many conservative districts in VA, and I doubt it will go dem. next time ‘round.
Go Virginia, Ramming it right up Obamas A$$ !!!!
Times they are a changin’.
I think http://www.ncsl.org/ has most of the info. It’s the National Council of State Legisltures or something like that.
Worth a bookmark. Hope that gives all the info.!
The Feds don’t, but the states do. At least the ones opposing this do.
Obama signed a dead stinking fish.... if this comes to pass it will be beyond humiliating.
The commies in Congress are getting a message they deserve.
A public stripping, and riding them out of town on a rail, might also be a good approach.
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