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PA House bill challenges Health Care Bill

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

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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Cutler
Watson
Clymer
Barrar
Benninghoff
Boyd
Causer
Creighton
Everett
Gabler
Geist
Gingrich
Grell
Grove
Hess
Hutchinson
Kauffman
M. Keller
Krieger
Maher
Major
Marshall
Metzgar
Miller
Moul
Murt
Pickett
Quinn
Rapp
Rock
Rohrer
Saylor
Stern
Stevenson
Swanger
Tallman
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