As of Thursday night, this Arizona ballot measure is very close with 90% of precincts reporting. 50.1% No to 49.9% Yes. Check out the latest here. My fingers are crossed for this to pass, but I won’t hold my breath.
Here’s the text of the Proposition:
Because all people should have the right to make decisions about their health care, no law shall be passed that restricts a person’s freedom of choice of private health care systems or private plans of any type. No law shall interfere with a person’s or entity’s right to pay directly for lawful medical services, nor shall any law impose a penalty or fine, of any type, for choosing to obtain or decline health care coverage or for participation in any particular health care system or plan.
George Will has written about it here and the proposition’s website is here. Also see the Initiative’s Ballotpedia page.
Regardless of the outcome, it’ll be pretty close. Activists in other states (like Colorado) can learn from this measure should we replicate it.
