State leaders fight for Health Freedom
On this past weekend’s Freedom Watch, Judge Andrew Napolitano interviewed Virginia and Missouri politicians concerning their efforts to fight ObamaCare’s health insurance mandate. Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com
Why the ObamaCare Tax Penalty Is Unconstitutional
Kenneth Blackwell and Kenneth Klukowski in the WSJ. Here’s an excerpt: The Justice Department announced last week that it would defend the new federal health-insurance mandate as an exercise of Congress’s “power to lay and collect taxes,” even though Barack Obama had insisted before the bill’s passage that it was “absolutely not a tax increase.” [...]
Obama Admin: We Lied, Health Care Mandate IS a Tax
Remember when the socialists were telling us all the lies about their unconstitutional government health care bill? Remember the lies about how we supposedly weren’t going to be required to buy health insurance…even though their law clearly says we will? Even though their bill has a new payroll deduction systemto rob you before you even get a chance [...]
The Case for Health Care Freedom
by State Rep Tim Jones, via mohealthfreedom.org It is clear that Missourians not only oppose the new federal health care law, but also the individual insurance mandate in the new law that would force individuals to purchase health insurance, or face fines and penalties. Equally troubling for Missourians are the nearly weekly updates from the [...]
ObamaCare is a threat to federalism
From the Heritage foundation, via the WSJ: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act represents more than a federal takeover of health care; it is a direct threat to federalism itself. Never before has Congress exercised its power under Article I, Section 8 of the Federal Constitution to force American citizens to purchase a pri [...]
Louisiana Passes Health Care Freedom Act
WASHINGTON, June 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire — Last Friday, June 18, 2010, Louisiana became the first state with a Democrat-controlled legislature to oppose a requirement to purchase health insurance—the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s health reform agenda. Louisiana House Bill 1474 (HB1474), which passed the Louisiana Senate with strong bipartisan support, will soon head to Gov. Bobby [...]
Louisiana House Passes Health Care Freedom Act
With a 59-15 vote Thursday, the Louisiana State House approved a bill that declares no one in Louisiana can be mandated to pay a penalty if they don’t have insurance – or be required to participate in a health system. House Bill 1474 states that every Louisiana resident “is and shall be free from governmental [...]
Health Care Freedom Act Goes To Voters in Missouri
JEFFERSON CITY—Missouri voters will decide if they want federal law to force them to buy health insurance, as Sen. Jane Cunningham’s (R-Chesterfield) “Health Care Freedom Act” has now passed the House and goes to the Secretary of State to be placed on the August ballot. The act was attached to a comprehensive insurance bill, House [...]
Betrayal of our Nation
Editor’s note: thank you to Dee Clark for supplying this clear and concise example letter for sending to press editors! (cross-posted from the Texas Tenth Amendment Center) Read on… Dear Editor: When our federal government forces an individual to participate in a healthcare program under which access to care, and decisions about treatment, are controlled by [...]
Missouri Joins Health Care Battle
Senator Jane Cunningham’s Health Care Freedom Act (SJR25), nearly identical to Virginia’s, passed the Missouri Senate as a ballot referendum Tues. by a 26-8 vote. Three Dems., two up for reelection in conservative districts, crossed over to vote in favor. The legislation provides: “that no federal law shall compel a patient, employer, or health care [...]
More constitutional questions about Obamacare
From the DailyCaller: A just-released memo from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) raises fresh constitutional concerns about a provision in President Obama’s health-care law that could impose tens of millions of dollars in fines on Congress, state and local governments. …The new memo from Congress’s research arm states that state and local governments would be [...]
Oklahoma Passes Health Care Freedom Act, Heads to Governor
OKLAHOMA CITY – In a move Sen. Randy Brogdon said was designed to protect the sovereignty of Oklahoma, the full Senate gave its approval Tuesday to House Joint Resolution 1054. The “Freedom of Healthcare Choice Act” is authored by Sen. Randy Brogdon R-Owasso, Rep. Mike Ritze, R-Broken Arrow, and Rep. Mike Reynolds, R-Oklahoma City. “This [...]
Your Organs Belong to the State
The Wall Street Journal published this story about a kidney donor and potential recipient. Dolly Carew met a willing kidney donor, Bob Randall, on matchingdonors.com, and eventually, the surgeries were set to take place at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. Then the hospital called both of them to tell them the surgery was being [...]
Nullify Baby, Nullify!
We’ve been quite happy with the early results of our partnership with WeRefuse.com – calling on people to sign a petition in support of just one page of legislation, the Federal Health Care Nullification Act. As we reach our first goal of 10,000 signers, it’s good to know that another group found this effort compelling [...]
The Individual Mandate: We’re All Amish Now
One of the more charming things about Big Government is when professional politicians create a problem they expect the citizen to fix it. The so-called “free ride” in health care is one such problem. Congress itself created the “free ride” in 1986 with EMTALA, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act. This law requires [...]
Valentine, Boldin on the Tennessee AG
The Phil Valentine show on Tuesday – talking about the supremacy clause, and reading my post about the Tennessee Attorney General…
Health Care, Lawsuits, Nullification
I had the honor of being a guest on the Jan Mickelson show, the “most popular daily talkshow” in Iowa. The topics – the growing 10th Amendment movement, health care, lawsuits, nullification – and more. Listen to the interview with the player above – a little under 30 minutes. Visit Jan’s show website here.
Lawsuits are a Distraction
Jon Roland of Constitution.org had this to say about the lawsuits that AGs are filing on the health care bill There are a few minor things that might be won through litigation, if it were properly pleaded, but the suit filed is incompetent, little more than political posturing. The courts are not going to oppose [...]
ObamaCare or Federalism: There Can Be Only One
Being the statists that they are, it’s only natural Congress and the president should think simply passing and signing a bill makes it reality. But, in reality, a law with implications as vast as ObamaCare requires wholehearted state cooperation to implement. Cooperation unlikely to be soon forthcoming. Upwards of 30 states currently have plans to oppose [...]
