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The Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act (Arizona)

Here’s a ballot initiative to try out in Colorado, from Sue Blevins at the Institute for Health Freedom:

This November voters in Arizona will decide whether to amend their state constitution to protect their private health-insurance options.  According to the Arizona Secretary of State’s website, the ballot initiative known as “Proposition 101” would amend the state’s constitution “to provide that no law shall [emphasis added]:”

• “Restrict a person’s freedom to choose a private health care plan or system of their choice.”
• “Interfere with a person’s or entity’s right to pay directly for lawful medical services.”
• “Impose a penalty or fine, of any type, for choosing to obtain or decline health care coverage.”
• “Impose a penalty or fine, of any type, for participation in any particular health care system or plan.”

Supporters of the ballot initiative want to ensure that no health-reform scheme will strip them of their freedom to pay privately for health care.  Opponents are concerned that if the initiative passes, it could preclude mandatory socialized health insurance.

For more, see the link above and the Initiative’s Ballotpedia page.

(via FIRM)

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