Silver bullet from U.S. states kills ‘mandatory’ Obamacare
March 10th, 2010
36 legislatures fight for citizens’ rights to opt out of health-coverage demand
At least 36 state legislatures are considering legislation that would allow citizens to opt out of a key component of President Obama’s health-care “reform” – an “individual mandate” requiring that all Americans have health insurance.
Both the House and Senate health-care bills require Americans to purchase health insurance or pay a penalty. The House bill establishes a fine based on percentage of a person’s income, while the Senate version creates a penalty as a flat fee or percentage of income, whichever is higher. Those refusing to get insurance could be found guilty of a misdemeanor crime, punishable by another fine or even jail time.
“The president’s proposal adopts the Senate approach but lowers the flat dollar assessments, and raises the percent of income assessment that individuals pay if they choose not to become insured,” a White House plan released in February states.
States rejecting ‘individual mandate’
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, formal resolutions or bills have been filed in opposition to the individual mandate in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
March 11th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
healthscare will be ousted in my state of louisiana. i will be laughing at ‘bama as i refuse to join in and will not go to jail. you can’t force people to buy your health care just like blue cross can’t force me to buy what they have. bama is nothing but a big conceited, self-righteous, effiminate crybaby who thinks that [he] is president of the world. delusional i guess would sum it up. thinks that because stupid people voted for [him] that [he] is now president of the world and [he] can turn the u.s. into a communist country. is not welcome in louisiana we voted 59/40 mccain. i don’t care where the bastard was born and i don’t care if [he] had two u.s. citizens for president the imposter ran to the democratic party because [he] knows that if [he] went on the ballot as a communist (which [he] is) [he] would not have gotten 500 votes. remember conceited (thinks he is charming), self-righteous (thinks he can do no wrong) effiminate (acts like a girl). oh and may i tack on to that a bully. oh and also i would begin to stray from trsol as the man over there is starting to turn into a socialist and ban the truth.
March 11th, 2010 at 9:14 pm
Well I know people get tired of me saying this,but if ANY States Officials had the backbone of a slug,they would act on American Grand Jurys presentments,any of the fifteen of them,That they have been served ,We The People could get on with healing our country.I can’t believe there is not one man
in authority that will make a peep.