PA House bill challenges Health Care Bill
Rep. Matthew E. Baker (R) introduced legislation (HB 2053) yesterday with 37 other house members which will ‘Providing for the rights of individuals to purchase private health care insurance; and prohibiting certain governmental action. The bill known as Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act.
Its three pages long and my favorite Section is 5:
23 Section 5. Participation in related laws.
24 Neither the Governor nor the Department of Health, the
25 Department of Public Welfare or any other Commonwealth agency
26 shall participate in the compliance with any Federal law,
27 regulation or policy that would compromise the freedom of choice
28 in health care of any resident of this Commonwealth.
You can read the bill here: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2009&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2053&pn=2829
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