Barring unforeseen obstacles, The Colorado Right to Health Care Choice Initiative (Colorado Amendment 63) will be among the ballot measures Colorado voters can vote on in this November's election - in addition to others in Colorado politics. Some people are bound to misunderstand what the amendment would do, and not ...
Surprise, a tax-funded health insurance program encourages employers to stop offering their employees coverage. More people become dependent on a government program for health insurance, which then results in a constituency that supports the program. Government dependency grows again, and politicians gain more power over our lives. The Boston Globe reports:
The ...
From Michael Tanner at Cato:
Suppose that the federal government, in its infinite wisdom, decided that it would deal with the obesity crisis and improve the health and welfare of the American people — by mandating that every American eat three helpings of vegetables and three helpings of ...
When the mandatory insurance provisions of the health control legislation (HR 3590) kick in, will not having medical insurance (as defined by politicians) land you in prison?
Short answer: The process is the same as if you don't pay your taxes. You could end up in prison, but that usually does ...
Is it possible for health care to be both something you're entitled to and an individual responsibility? I think not. If you're "entitled" to health care, then other people are responsible for providing it to you. But if you are individually responsible for "payment of health care costs," then it's ...
Dave Kopel notes:
Among the lawsuits filed against Obamacare is a class action in the Southern District of Mississippi. Class representatives, for residents of Mississippi who do not wish to be subject to the health insurance purchase mandate, include State Senator Chris McDaniel and Lt. Governor Phil Bryant. The complaint is available ...
In December I blogged about law professor Randy Barnett's article published by the Heritage Foundation on why mandatory insurance is unconstitutional. Earlier this week The Wall Street Journal published Barnett's article on how supporters of the new health control legislation are changing tactics:
First Congress said it was a regulation of ...
See the following posts at StateHouseCall.org: Health Care Freedom in Virginia by James Lansberry and Freedom of Health Care Act Advances in Tennessee by John LaPlante. In Virginia both the House and Senate have passed ...
Originally published in the Aurora Daily Sentinel, January 29th, 2010. This version has links to references.
Why we're "crazy" about health care choice
By Brian T. Schwartz and Linda Gorman
Sentinel Editor Dave Perry dismisses the Colorado Right to Health Care Choice Initiative [Colorado Amendment 63] as "crazy" and says its supporters "clearly ...
From the AP:
Opponents of the health care reform bill are not giving up the fight, and some think their last, best hope to halt the legislation lies not in the Capitol but in the court across the street.
A small but vocal contingent of legal scholars and many Republican lawmakers argues ...
