House Bill 353 – Healthcare doesn’t apply to us
Mar 31st, 2010 by Angel
House Bill 353 was introduced by lawmakers March 30, 2010. The “Delaware Health Freedom Act” was filed by 15 Republican legislators and would allow Delawareans to decline to act upon mandates set forward by the healthcare reform bill passed last weekend by Congress. The bill also asks that the state attorney general (currently Beau Biden) enforces the state law should any challenges appear.
The federal healthcare bill has been a source of much speculation since its passing. 14 States to date have filed law suits challenging the constitutionality of the bill while many other states have legislation pending to ensure their residents will not have to comply with federal mandates regarding healthcare. These states claim that in no place in the Constitution does it say that healthcare is a right. Many feel the massive healthcare overhaul recently passed is an intrusion in state rights and question not only its passing but the motives behind it.
House Bill 353 is designed to ensure that all Delawareans are free to choose, or decline to choose, all healthcare with no penalty or threat of penalty. This bill states that Delaware has a right to regulate private healthcare within the borders of the state. It states that only Delaware has this right.
The lead sponsor of the bill is Rep. Deborah Hudson of Fairthorne. Other sponsors of the bill include House Minority Leader Richard Cathcart of Middletown, Senate Minority Leader Gary Simpson of Milford, and Ruth Briggs King of Georgetown. No Democrats have signed on to the bill to date (shocking, I know).
The discussion of penalizing citizens for not buying healthcare has been heard by federal notables including Democrat Nancy Pelosi who has been on record as saying “the legislation (sending people to jail who do not buy health insurance) is very fair”. Discussions like this may be part of why House Bill 353 pursues the Tenth Amendment and announces state sovereignty regarding the right of all residents in “choosing the mode of securing health care services“. It is recommended that residents contact their representatives and inform their offices of how the constituents feel regarding House Bill 353. Contact information may be found here.
Good, there may be more good legislation to follow.
Oh boy. I can’t wait for the Delaware legislature to restore my right to be rejected for health insurance coverage!
I’ll be so happy when they protect my right to be denied coverage.
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“the legislation (sending people to jail who do not buy health insurance) is very fair”
Pelosi is stumbling drunk with power at this point.
would allow Delawareans to decline to act upon mandates
So Republicans want to accept insurance subsidies for Delawareans, but want to opt out of paying for them. Why am I not surprised.
well ANON, I’m pretty sure not a single Republican voted for this bill, did I miss something?
Egads! fightingbluehen is stumbling stupid because he thinks Pelosi said the stuff inside the parenthesis.
Please disabuse him of that notion David.
I don,t think so Jason,but we will be required to buy health insurance or pay a fine ,and if we don’t pay ,we will eventually end up in jail, just as if we didn’t pay our taxes.
and yes, she thinks this is fair.
I see a fine in the bill and no jail time, but I get your point. It works.
Actually it isn’t like paying taxes. that is exactly what it is, paying taxes.
Let me say that Delaware HB353 is correct in its assertion of states rights. We should and do have the right to refuse this over reaching federaql legislation.
That being said, if the Obama care bill is not repealed and if it does half of what we conservative fear it will do to the health insurance industry we will still be screwed.
Even if 353 is passed, and that is in question with no Democrats on board, Obama care will still send private insurance premiums through the roof. So even though the state of Delaware has protected our right ot choose, we may not have the economic capability to. This will mean that people will still be forced into the public option.
That is why it is so important to have U.S. Senators and a Representative who are motivated to repeal this bill, not ones who feel that we can some how make this piece of crap work .