Not everyone is content to rely on hope or prayer to forestall a government-imposed health insurance mandate. In Arizona, doctors Jeffrey Singer and Eric Novack are gathering signatures for statewide ballot initiative called The Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act.
The measure, which would amend the Arizona constitution if approved by the voters, would preserve consumer choice with regard to health care servces and insurance plans. It would also pre-empt any government attempt to mandate coverage or impose fines for refusing coverage:
Nor shall any law impose a penalty or fine, of any type, for choosing to obtain or decline health care coverage.
Arizona has home-grown single-payer advocates who wish to impose a Massachusetts-style “universal” health care plan on the state. One such group, Arizonans for Responsible Health Care, wants to pay for its plan with payroll deductions—a tax in other words.
Here’s hoping that Singer and Novack prevail against the people who want to force “universal” health coverage down the throats of Arizonans.
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