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Oklahoma governor puts taxpayers’ money where her mouth is

By on April 15, 2011 in Announcements, Big Government, Constitution, Delegated Powers, Federal Funding, Federalism, Founding Principles, Health Care, Liberty, Nullification, Originalism, Sovereignty Movement, State Sovereignty, Tenthers 4

Oklahoma governor Mary Fallin just set an important precedent. By rejecting $54.6 million in federal money to begin implementation of ObamaCare, the governor has firmly set herself against the unconstitutional law and with the citizens of her state.

From Fox News:

To make it clear Oklahoma will develop its own plan, the state will not accept a $54.6 million federal grant for setting up a system where Oklahomans could shop for health insurance, Gov. Mary Fallin said Thursday.

Fallin said the state instead will use state and private money to form the system.

This is a step that advocates of nullification in many states have long sought. After all, it’s pretty obvious that threats of non-compliance with the feds are empty to the point of pathetic when state budgets still depend on grants of federal money (which is siphoned from their citizens to begin with).

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Fallin’s announcement reverses her decision two months ago to accept the federal money.

Obviously the governor is bowing to some form of public pressure. In this age of  rampant and flagrant TSA molestation, it’s nice to see that pressure can still occasionally be successfully applied to public servants.

Perhaps other states whose legislatures have passed a version of the Health Care Freedom Act should consider following Oklahoma’s example.

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Oklahoma Voters Reject Health Care Mandates

By on November 2, 2010 in Health Care, State Sovereignty 5

Voters in Oklahoma today decided that they don’t want a law to require them to buy health insurance, as they voted to approve State Question 756 by a wide margin (64% in favor at the time of this writing). The question was the result of the Oklahoma legislature passing Senate Joint Resolution 59 (SJR59) this year.

The legislation states that “A law or rule shall not compel, directly or indirectly, any person, employer or health care provider to participate in any health care system” – in an attempt to nullify health insurance mandates within the state. It previously passed the State Senate by a vote of 30-13 and the State House by a vote of 88-9. Continue Reading →

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Federal judge: Challenge to ObamaCare mandate can go to trial

By on October 14, 2010 in Health Care, Judiciary, Law 1

Possibly the biggest story of the day, even though it’s barely getting coverage:

A federal judge ruled Thursday that parts of a lawsuit by 20 states seeking to void the Obama administration’s health care overhaul can go to trial, saying he wants hear additional arguments from both sides over whether the law is unconstitutional.

In a written ruling, U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson said it needs to be decided whether the plan violates the Constitution by requiring individuals to have health insurance or be penalized through taxes and by overburdening the states by expanding their Medicaid programs. Another federal judge in Michigan threw out a similar lawsuit last week…

The administration’s attorneys had told Vinson last month that without the regulatory power to ensure young and healthy people buy health insurance, the health care plan will not survive. They also argued it’s up to an individual taxpayer — not the states — to challenge the section requiring health insurance when it takes effect in 2015.

The mandate will get before the supreme court, most likely.  Would someone like Elena Kagan rule that government power is limited?  Eh.  Doubt it.

Or, maybe like the Michigan case last week – it’ll just get thrown out somewhere else.

Or – they just rule that the mandate is bad – but validate the unconstitutional rest of it.

There is no good outcome of this lawsuit, in my opinion.

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Health Freedom or Obama-care?

By on September 27, 2010 in Health Care 0

by Robert Scott Bell

EDITOR’S NOTE: Robert Scott Bell will be a featured speaker at Nullify Now! in Orlando, FL on 10-10-10. Get tickets here – http://www.nullifynow.com/orlando/ – or by calling 888-71-TICKETS

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If the government can force you to buy medical insurance, by what delusion do you think the Feds cannot force you and your kids to take drugs or get vaccinated?

For those few on the left who still cling to the illusion that Obama-care is somehow an improvement to health care in America, you must ignore the fact that it relies on force for its very existence. For those on the right who think that it was just fine before Obama-care passed, you also must ignore the fact that medical monopoly exists by government force as well, not by the free market.

Republicans and Democrats tend to argue about how much government intervention into the care of our health is desirable. Other than Congressman (and Doctor) Ron Paul, I do not hear anyone from the right or left calling for unfettered access to a free market in healing.

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Nullify the Mandate: Arizona Voters Look to Push Back

By on September 17, 2010 in Health Care, State Sovereignty 0

November 2nd is set to be an important day for the future of Arizona and America.  Not only will we vote for fresh faces who will vow to “get tough” in Washington, D.C., but states across the country are considering ballot measures that will pull the Tenth Amendment out of the closet for some serious stretching such as Arizona’s own Proposition 106, The Health Care Freedom Act.

Prop 106 will amend the Arizona Constitution to protect the right of Arizonans not to participate in any health care system or plan. It will also protect our right to spend our own money for health care services in Arizona.

For more information, please visit:  http://www.azhealthcarefreedom.com/

*********EDITOR’S NOTE*********

CLICK HERE to view the Tenth Amendment Center’s Health Care Freedom Act legislative tracking page

The Tenth Amendment Center has released the Federal Health Care Nullification Act, which directly nullifies the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” on a state level. Click here to learn more.

cross-posted from the Arizona Tenth Amendment Center

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Why the ObamaCare Tax Penalty Is Unconstitutional

By on July 22, 2010 in Constitution, Health Care 1

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.” The truth is the mandate is not a tax—and if it were it would be unconstitutional.

A tax is when the government takes money from individuals, puts it in the Treasury, and plans to spend it. With the health-insurance mandate, the government is not taking money from private individuals; rather, it is commanding them to give …

It’s registration-enabled, but a good read:
click here for the full article

Or, read Rob Natelson’s take on it – here, here and here.

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Obama Admin: We Lied, Health Care Mandate IS a Tax

By on July 20, 2010 in Big Government, Health Care 4

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 to see all the money you’ve earned?

Remember how socialists like Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) insisted this new government requirement for you to fork over your money for health care insurance you may not want isn’t a tax?

Well, now that they have their way, the socialists are starting to admit that, yes, it is a tax. Continue Reading →

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The Case for Health Care Freedom

By on July 13, 2010 in Health Care, Sovereignty Movement, State Sovereignty 4

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 Congressional Budget Office that show that, instead of reducing the federal deficits, ObamaCare will cost an additional 800 billion dollars over the next ten years.  Because of these concerns, a Rasmussen poll released this week showed that a clear majority of Missourians still want the new federal bill repealed.  Even though this opposition was made clear in town halls and tea parties, Congress passed the bill against the objections of Americans.

In an effort to protect Missourians from this dangerous encroachment on our freedoms, a bipartisan super majority of state legislators supported the Health Care Freedom Act during the 2010 legislative session.  Continue Reading →

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