Oklahoma Passes Health Care Freedom Act, Heads to Governor

because "“I believe Oklahomans should have the freedom to choose their own healthcare and insurance plans" has a better ring than "i believe that a profit driven corporate entity should choose who gets to live"

because "“I believe Oklahomans should have the freedom to choose their own healthcare and insurance plans" sounds better than "i believe a profit driven corporate entity should decide who lives and dies"

How silly. I wonder how many of those people will want health care if one of their kids get sick and gets dropped from having any coverage? OR if they get sick and reach the current 1mill limit on most medical policies. Just don't cross the border to another state, stay there....and continue with those backwards views. Oklahoma seemed to be more to the center when I was growing up there, but they are far right off on the side of the road, driving over potholes and ditches now. Oklahoma means red man, get a clue.... Geez, who would want to even visit a place like that? Gun commercials have taken over the car commercials--this is not the BUSH, it's America, modern America, let's hope we continue to lead instead of packing guns to Wal-Mart, and Denny's--how silly is that? Just because you have a right to do something, you don't have to actually do it. You also have a right to walk around nude on a nude beach, that doesn't mean you actually need to do it, let's hope for the sake of sanity, keep you clothes on, and your gun in your house.

The Supremacy clause applies to the 18 enumerated powers delegated to the federal government by the states.As written in the constitution. The distortions of historical fact and usurpations by all the branches of the federal government, especially the judiciary over the course of our young republic are imbedded in our nations fabric as made up fact. Individuals who continually espouse the Governments position of supreme law, contrary to original intent, historical record, and the founders own words, show that those individuals have: 1)Not done the necessary research of historical fact on the subject for their own satisfaction and knowledge. 2) Believe what the government and a cooperative media continue to spoon feed them on a daily basis without any critical thought. 3) are of the belief that the constitution is meant to be twisted and morphed into the popular culture of the present day based on blowing political winds. Or lastly, This pains me the worst to post, said individuals are incapable of being Rugged individual sovereign citizens of these states united and rely upon the largess removed from one citizen and redistributed to another citizen, after being laundered through the federal treasury. And therefore will gleefully promote all the talking points and positions emanating from whoever the current occupants happen to be presiding over the fate and future of this republic. If you disagree, your probably in one of those categories mentioned above, or a racistnaziteabaggerterroristMcvieghwaanabe.

Federal law which violates the constitution trumps NOTHING. The commerce clause will not protect the mandatory health insurance aspect of this legislation. Not to mention Obama, the agent of unity, is not doing much to endear himself to the court. Stuff like that shouldn't matter, but it does. Like it or not, the court is partisan.

Mark, Ben - federal law supercedes state law...period? What an ignorant statement!

So let's see - federal law says that marijuana is illegal in EVERY situation, no matter what. Cancer patient in California? Nah...send em to jail! That's what you're saying? That federal agents should arrest hundreds of thousands of medical marijuana card holders around the country and throw em in prison for violating federal law?

Or, let's say the feds pass a law banning gay marriage - should they go in and break up couples who got married in Mass.?

hmmm...interesting. You both sound like some nasty thugs - or just really mis-informed.

Is Brogdon forgetting all the Americans who lose their insurance when their insurance company learns they are sick, all the procedures they refuse to pay for and all the people that totally lose their insurance when they lose their jobs? Of course there's the small issue that Federal law supersedes State law and this vote, if it comes to that, will be meaningless.

Too bad federal law trumps state laws and this is another pointless bill passed when Oklahoma could have been doing something useful with their legislature. The Healthcare reform bill passed by the Federal Government will probably not even go to the Supreme Court.