After months of saying NO to Washington, the Missouri legislature has given voters something to say YES to. The language that will appear on the August 3 primary ballot, Proposition C, will be as below.
Shall the Missouri Statutes be amended to:
Deny the government authority to penalize citizens for refusing to purchase private health insurance or infringe upon the right to offer or accept direct payment for lawful healthcare services?
Modify laws regarding the liquidation of certain domestic insurance companies?
It is estimated this proposal will have no immediate costs or savings to state or local governmental entities. However, because of the uncertain interaction of the proposal with implementation of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, future costs to state governmental entities are unknown.
[Editor's Commentary: Kudos to the Missouri Legislature for having the courage to put Prop C on the MO. Primary Ballot so that it's citizens can finally get a real say in how our health care is managed. I know that "Kit" Bond, our Republican Senator voted against this monstrosity as did all the Republican Senators and Rep. Todd Akin voted No as well. We still feel that this is being shoved down our throats because the federal Government has no Constitutional authority to impose a national health care system on the states. But because of Prop C, Missouri voters will get a chance to join other states, like Arizona with their new law to enforce existing federal law, in opposing the relentless encroachment of state's rights by the leftists in Washington.]
~~John Cronin~~
By Amitai Etzioni, Special to CNN
August 2, 2010
There is a saying in Washington that one should never see the ways laws and sausages are made. Well, many people are choking on them even without knowing how they were concocted.
Those of us who follow politics closely have become inured to the fact that the bills that are finally enacted (often after months of haggling, slicing and dicing) are loaded with earmarks that favor some congressional districts or industry and are riddled with exceptions for special interests.
You may not wonder why the auto dealers won exemptions in Congress from the new financial regulations. But the behind-the-scene deals the White House has made are enough to make you sick.
These include deals with private hospitals to drop the public option in exchange for their support of the health care bill and with the pharmaceutical industry to block Americans from purchasing low-cost drugs from other countries.
Some of us have learned to live with these maneuvers as long as something comes out at the other end.
However, many Americans are busy working or looking for a job, taking care of their families and trying to find some spare time to follow their favorite sports team and have a beer. But when they are made aware of these shenanigans, they are nauseated. As they should be.
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It’s amazing how those with an agenda act like the present PPACA is the ONLY option for Missourian’s. It might be a good deal for Nebraska, Louisiana, Florida, etc. where you got a Cornhusker Kickback, were part of the Louisiana Purchase or got some Gatorade. It’s doubtful that all the Missourian’s who vote for Prop C want the status quo. It’s much more likely that they see the PPACA as balloon it really is: sold with winks, promises (that will not be kept), outright lies and back room deals galore. The truth is there in the 2,000 + pages of fine print – that most legislators still haven’t read. Shortly after PPACA passes, in was *discovered* that the cost estimate was way too low. Imagine that? And the program hasn’t even begun to roll downhill. Prop C is about telling the beltway to roll up their sleeves or be prepared to extricate Missouri’s size eleven as they fly through the door on the way out.