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Missouri GOP passes resolution supporting Health Care Freedom Act

June 26, 2010

The Missouri Republican State Committee unanimously approved a resolution to support the Health Care Freedom Act and urge the adoption of Proposition C on the August ballot.

“Missouri’s Republican elected officials have been working hard to protect our state from the worst parts of the Democrats’ overbearing health care bill,” said David Cole, Chairman of the Missouri Republican Party. “The Republican Party believes that Missourians should be able to make their own health insurance decisions—not have them made by Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Barack Obama in the smoke-filled rooms of Washington, DC.  Now, Missourians will be able to make their voices heard—and we strongly encourage them to send national Democrats a message.”

Earlier this year, legislators from both sides of the aisle joined together and overwhelmingly passed the Health Care Freedom Act to give Missourians the opportunity to take a stand against the national Democrats’ overbearing health care bill.  108 members of the State House and 26 members of the State Senate voted for HB 1764.  In total, 25 Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure.

The Health Care Freedom Act would, upon voter approval, provide that no federal law shall compel a patient, employer, or health care provider to participate in any government or privately run health care system, nor prohibit a patient or employer from paying directly for legal health care services.

Missourians will have the opportunity to vote on this measure—called Proposition C—on August 3.  For more information or to get involved in the campaign, visit www.mohealthfreedom.org.

The Missouri Republican State Committee’s action comes shortly after liberals filed a frivolous lawsuit in an attempt to deprive Missourians of the right to make their voices heard.

Text of the resolution is available below or online here.

Missouri Republican State Committee Resolution
Supporting Efforts to Oppose the Federal Health Care Takeover

WHEREAS, after months of secret backroom deals and arm-twisting, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid pressured enough Democrats into forcing massive, costly, and ineffective government-run health care onto an unwilling nation; and

WHEREAS, Americans have consistently made their opposition to the bill known, but Democrats ignored their wishes; and

WHEREAS, public opinion surveys consistently show that nearly two-thirds of Missourians oppose the federal health care bill; and

WHEREAS, the Democrats’ bill does nothing to control costs; instead, it will raise taxes, raise premiums, slash Medicare, and force a one-size-fits-all health care mandate on more than 300 million people; and

WHEREAS, a recent study by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation found that Missouri Medicaid enrollment could increase by more than 437,000, costing the state up to $773 million between 2014 and 2019; and

WHEREAS, Republicans, including Lt. Governor Peter Kinder and members of the Missouri General Assembly, are working to protect Missourians from the federal government’s infringement on our state sovereignty; and

WHEREAS, the Missouri Republican Party supports the right of all Missourians to make their own health care choices, including the right not to be forced into a health care system they do not want; therefore be it

RESOLVED, that the Missouri Republican State Committee supports the Health Care Freedom Act and urges the adoption of Proposition C, which will appear on the August 2010 primary election ballot.