Virginia & Tennessee move to block mandatory insurance

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

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 ...

Virginia Senate tries to block mandatory insurance

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

From the Washington Post's Breaking News Blog: Virginia's Democratic-controlled state Senate passed measures Monday that would make it illegal to require individuals to purchase health insurance, a direct challenge to the party's efforts in Washington to reform health care. ... Each of three similar bills that passed the state Senate on Monday ...

Why we’re “crazy” about health care choice

Monday, February 1st, 2010

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 as "crazy" and says its supporters "clearly have lost" their ...

Idaho’s Health Freedom Act moves forward

Friday, January 29th, 2010

From the Idaho Reporter: In a contentious hearing Thursday morning in the House State Affairs Committee, the Idaho Health Freedom Act (IFHA), sponsored by Rep. Jim Clark, R-Hayden, and co-sponsored by Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Eagle, and Rep. Lynn Luker, R-Boise, passed the committee on a 13-5 party line vote. During his testimony ...

Colorado Right to Health Care Choice Initiative

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

On January 15 Jon Caldara submitted the Colorado Right to Health Care Choice Initiative to the legislative council "to exempt Colorado from the mandates of Obama Care." Read the full text.  Several media outlets mention this (click on link for full article): The Denver Post: Independence Institute president Jon Caldara on Friday ...

Jan 19: Free our health care rally in Denver, Colorado

Friday, January 15th, 2010

...It's good to remember that the states created the federal government and not the other way around. As Obama Care becomes closer to reality, we in Colorado have the right to say "No." This is a chance for freedom loving people from across the state to come together and send ...

Colorado ballot inititiative to block parts of Obama Care

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Update: Become a fan of this cause on on the Defend Colorado from ObamaCare Facebook page. From the Denver Post: Coloradans will likely be asked in November to blunt the impact of federal health-insurance reform with a state constitutional amendment that would attempt to undo some of what Congress is trying to ...

Learning from Arizona Proposition 101

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Should supporters of health care freedom try to emulate Arizona's Proposition 101 in other states, it's worth learning from this measure that almost passed.  I suspect the arguments against 101 described below are disingenuous.  Even if the proposition were tweaked to make the arguments inapplicable, the same people would object ...