the arizona strategy
September 1, 2010
Obamacare and the Excise Tax
The Justice Department wrongly claims that a tax on the non-purchase of insurance qualifies as an excise.
September 1, 2010
Dear Patients: Vote to Repeal ObamaCare
Don't believe Democrats who promise to fix the bill once they're re-elected.
August 30, 2010
Public sours on health care reform as midterms loom
A new poll shows that public support for health care reform dropped sharply in August - a dagger in Democrats' hopes that their landmark legislation will help them in November's midterm.
August 27, 2010
Freedom Act' pushes back against US health mandates
Pima seen as key to Prop. 106 campaign.
August 26, 2010
Initiatives Will Allow Voters To Weigh In On States' Rights
Voters this November will be given the opportunity to challenge federal authority by backing ballot measures that support a state's right to regulate health care.
August 21, 2010
Who's ObamaCare's Daddy?
Now even liberals are denying paternity.
August 20, 2010
Poll: Health mandate still unpopular
A CNN/Opinion Research poll shows that, despite Democrats' best efforts, portions of their health care bill still remain unpopular.
August 19, 2010
Dems retreat on health care cost pitch
Key White House allies are dramatically shifting their attempts to defend health care legislation
August 16, 2010
Florida's Supreme Court To Decide Whether We Can Vote For Health Care Freedom
Mark down your calendars for this Wednesday, August 18th, at 9:00am, when the Florida Supreme Court will decide whether to allow Floridians to vote yes or no on Amendment 9, the Health Care Freedom Act.
August 14, 2010
Health Care Freedom Comes to Colorado
Add Colorado to the list of states that are saying no to ObamaCare.
August 13, 2010
Group sues over health law Goldwater Institute files legal challenge to federal reform on behalf of Valley man
An Arizona watchdog organization filed a legal challenge Thursday to the nation's health-care law on behalf of a Tempe business owner and congressional candidate who said he wants to invest his money in his company rather than having to pay for health insurance.
August 10, 2010
Man without health care sues state over $2G fine
Michael Merlina was fed up, frustrated and seemingly out of options when he walked into Middlesex Superior Court last week and plunked down $275 for court fees.
August 7, 2010
What Missouri's Law Against ObamaCare Does and Doesn't Do
In the words of our President: "Let me be clear," Missouri's Prop C [1] represents a victory for individual freedom, not "states' rights."
August 7, 2010
Obamacare's already ailing
Obamacare faced voters for the first time last Tuesday and was diagnosed as seriously ill.
August 6, 2010
Sowers: I voted for Proposition C
Tommy Sowers, the Democratic nominee in Missouri's 8th Congressional District, is one of the estimated thousands of Democrats who voted in favor of a ballot initiative Tuesday that rejects a prominent provision in the federal health care overhaul.
August 5, 2010
Pueblo Politics: Some reading tea leaves in Missouri health care vote
Supporters of a ballot measure asking voters to reject the new federal health care reform act say Tuesday's vote in Missouri show they have strong prospects in November.
August 4, 2010
Prop C passes overwhelmingly
ST. LOUIS - Missouri voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a federal mandate to purchase health insurance, rebuking President Barack Obama's administration and giving Republicans their first political victory in a national campaign to overturn the controversial health care law passed by Congress in March.
August 4, 2010
EDITORIAL: It's now fact: The public hates Obamacare Two out of three Show Me State voters reject health care mandate
Just under a million Missouri voters braved 102-degree heat Tuesday to cast ballots exempting the state's residents from Obamacare mandates.
August 4, 2010
Lee Stranahan: Two Cheers For Missouri: Stop Health Reform Groupthink
The Missouri voters who voted against the provision of health care reform that will force people to buy health insurance or face a fine got it mostly right
August 4, 2010
Missouri's Prop C passes in a landslide; voters to Obama; we reject forced health insurance
Phoenix, AZ - In what could well be a preview of November's Proposition 106 election in Arizona, voters in Missouri sent Proposition C, known as Missouri Health Care Freedom, to a landslide victory at the polls Tuesday, passing the anti-ObamaCare measure 71.1 percent to 28.9 percent.
August 4, 2010
Proposition C landslide sends strong message, proponents say
In a political showdown that Republicans favored and Democrats wanted to avoid, Missouri voters gave strong approval to Proposition C, the state referendum that calls for Missouri to opt out of the federal health care reform law that was passed four months ago.
August 2, 2010
Virginia Ruling on Federal Health Care Bill Bolsters Arizona Challenges
Virginia will move forward with its lawsuit challenging federal health care reform after U.S.District Judge Henry Hudson rejected the Obama administration's attempt to simply dismiss the case out of hand.
August 1, 2010
Amendment gives Colo. chance to vote on national health care reform
DENVER - Coloradans may have the opportunity this fall to weigh in on the recent health care legislation passed by Congress.
July 29, 2010
Mo. ballot measures tests federal health care law
More than 1 million people are expected to participate in what amounts to the largest-ever public opinion poll on the nation's new health care law.
July 25, 2010
PRO: Prop C would send a strong message
On Aug. 3, all eyes in the nation will turn toward Missouri as voters in the Show Me State become the first anywhere to cast a ballot concerning the federal health care plan foisted upon them.
July 24, 2010
Showdown in the Show-me State
Earlier this year, President Barack Obama pushed through Congress a health care deal that places many of the nation's medical services in the hands of the federal government.
July 24, 2010
Hear Me Out: Is Proposition 106 good or bad for Arizona?
The nation faces tough questions in tough times, and there are people on both sides of every issue.
July 23, 2010
Why the ObamaCare Tax Penalty Is Unconstitutional
The federal power to tax is not unlimited, as the Supreme Court recognized when it struck down the first national income tax.
July 23, 2010
'A Commandeering of the People'
One of America's leading libertarian legal scholars handicaps whether the Supreme Court will find ObamaCare's insurance mandate constitutional.
July 21, 2010
Health care reform a 'power grab,' lawsuit plaintiff argues in Detroit
A federal judge heard arguments this morning in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of health care legislation that would penalize citizens who fail to obtain their own health care insurance.
July 19, 2010
Of Constitutional Decapitation and Healthcare
To be a Constitutional tax, it must be an Excise Tax, an Income Tax, or a proportional Capitation Tax.
July 16, 2010
Dr. Eric Novack on Mandatory Insanity
The debate over health care reform has been a theoretical affair, full of abstractions that contradict one another.
July 16, 2010
NOVACK: Health insurance mandate meets reality
Sensible-sounding theories have a tendency to miss the point
July 14, 2010
Prop 106 aims to get around health care reform
It would not force Arizonans to participate in a health care plan.
July 12, 2010
State Lawmakers Map Out New ObamaCare Battles
As one option failed, two GOP lawmakers are trying again to put a roadblock up against the federal health care law that mandates every American have health care insurance.
July 8, 2010
Bolick says the more lawsuits against federal health care reforms, the better
Clint Bolick, the man behind Idaho's Health Freedom Act, told those gathered at an Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF) event in downtown Boise Wednesday that he'd like to see as many lawsuits against recently-passed federal health care reforms as possible.
July 7, 2010
Jindal signs Louisiana Health Care Freedom Act, HB 1474 into law
Today, Governor Bobby Jindal announced that he has signed the following bills passed by the Legislature into law
July 7, 2010
The Case for Health Care Freedom
n less than a month, Missouri will be the first state in our nation to vote on a referendum on the federal health care law that was passed earlier this year.
July 2, 2010
Obamacare: Cuccinelli's Case
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is hardly the only person arguing that Obamacare's individual mandate to purchase health insurance violates the Constitution
July 1, 2010
Health care law faces first constitutional battle in Virginia courtroom
The legal challenge to the federal health care law will begin in earnest this morning, as Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli lobs the nation's first constitutional arguments against the law in a federal courtroom in Richmond.
July 1, 2010
Judge to rule in 30 days on health-care challenge
A federal judge in Richmond today said he would issue a ruling within 30 days on whether Virginia's legal challenge to federal health-care reform can go forward.
June 28, 2010
August 3: The Most Important Day in America
No, not because this is the day that the 30th President of the United States, Calvin Coolidge, was sworn into office; although the words of "Silent Cal" lend credence to the modern movement in opposition to progressive-statism. Take a gander:
June 26, 2010
Missouri GOP passes resolution on health care
JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri Republican State Committee announced today that they have unanimously approved a resolution to support the Health Care Freedom Act and urge the adoption of Proposition C on the August ballot.
June 25, 2010
Single Mothers Need Not Apply
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi guaranteed in March that passage of the health-care-reform bill would "almost immediately" create 400,000 jobs.
June 24, 2010
The appeal of repeal
Republican efforts to undermine Barack Obama's health reforms are intensifying
June 21, 2010
Obamacare's Unconstitutional Individual Mandate
The healthcare bill recently passed by Congress includes an "individual mandate" requiring most Americans to purchase health insurance.
June 21, 2010
Louisiana Senate Passes Health Care Freedom Act
Becomes first state with a Democrat legislature to oppose individual mandate
June 18, 2010
Critical Condition
One provision in last year's stimulus bill gave "enhanced" funding to the states to cover Medicaid expenses.
June 18, 2010
Repealing ObamaCare: State Solutions
Repealing Obamacare via Article V is a means of last resort, or rather a threat to the national bureaucratic government should those in Washington not jump on board.
June 17, 2010
Obama Admin. Argues in Court That Individual Mandate Is a Tax
In order to protect the new national health care law from legal challenges
June 17, 2010
The Bad News About ObamaCare Keeps Piling Up
It's now obvious that many millions will lose the coverage they have.
June 8, 2010
Republicans put health reform on ballot in push to turn out conservatives
Republicans are banking that anti-health reform ballot initiatives will give them a significant edge in the November midterm elections.
June 8, 2010
NOVACK: Buying votes the legit way
As the ethics eruptions flow like oil in the Gulf, President Obama's inaugural
June 8, 2010
Tenn. House Passes Health Care Freedom Act Bill
A bill designed to give Tennesseans the right to opt out of federal health care reform is one step closer to becoming reality. House lawmakers passed the Health Care Freedom Act on Tuesday night.
June 8, 2010
Virginia attorney general urges judge to let suit over health-care law proceed
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II told a federal judge Monday that he should let a suit challenging the constitutionality of the federal health-care law proceed
May 26, 2010
ObamaCare vs. Small Business
For decades small business owners have been telling anyone who would listen that they need health-care reforms that lower costs.
May 25, 2010
U.S. asks judge to toss Cuccinelli's health-care suit
The Obama administration is asking a federal judge to toss out Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's lawsuit challenging federal health-care reform.
May 24, 2010
Study Points to Penalties for 'Unaffordable' Health Plans
About one-third of employers subject to major requirements of the new health care law may face tax penalties because they offer health insurance that could be considered unaffordable to some employees, a new study says.
May 23, 2010
Doctor's health care reform fight catches on
Over the last three years, between hand surgeries and hip replacements, Valley orthopedic surgeon Eric Novack has watched his plan to block health-care reform turn into a national movement.
May 18, 2010
Read The Fine Print
Health Care Reform: One analyst says the Democrats were amateurish in writing their overhaul bill.
May 14, 2010
NFIB Joins Health 'Reform' Challenge
Seven more states signed on this week to Florida's lawsuit challenging ObamaCare
May 13, 2010
House votes to nullify federal health insurance mandate in Louisiana
The House of Representatives voted 59-15 today to declare that Louisiana residents should not be subject to the looming mandate to buy health insurance
May 12, 2010
Health-care overhaul is up against long campaign across U.S.
Efforts to block a key provision of the new health-care overhaul law are underway in 33 states, as a growing roster of mostly Republican officials have mounted legal and legislative challenges to an eventual requirement that virtually all Americans buy health insurance or pay a penalty tax.
May 12, 2010
Mo. voters to decide health care mandate
Missouri voters will decide if they want federal law to force them to buy health insurance.
May 12, 2010
Health care fails small businesses
NOT LONG AFTER President Nixon took the unprecedented step of imposing peacetime wage and price controls, the American people learned a basic economic lesson: Artificial controls don't work unless underlying costs are controlled.
May 12, 2010
States' Suit Against ObamaCare: Miles to Go to the Supreme Court
As has been faithfully chronicled by The New American, the attorneys general of 20 states have joined as plaintiffs in a lawsuit aimed at scuppering ObamaCare and having various of its most noxious provisions (most notably the individual mandate) declared unconstitutional.
May 12, 2010
EDITORIAL: One million votes against Obamacare
Congressional Democrats and the Obama administration are still feeling the euphoria after establishing a federal role in dictating health care coverage.
May 12, 2010
Justice Department Responds To Health Law's First Legal Challenge
The Obama administration late Tuesday filed a response to one of the first lawsuits against the new health overhaul, "saying it was constitutional and any challenge was premature," Reuters reports.
May 5, 2010
Missouri Senate passes measure opposing provision of federal health care reform
On the same day that conservative activists descended on the Capitol to rally for a bill opposing federal health care reform, the Senate passed a version of that bill that would allow voters to address the issue in August
May 5, 2010
Senate OKs bill allowing health-care reform suit
A measure allowing the Legislature to sue the federal government over recently enacted health-care reform is headed to Gov. Brad Henry's desk.
May 4, 2010
Vermont Considers Its Own Single-Payer System
Supporters of single-payer healthcare rallied in Vermont over the weekend, hoping to maintain momentum after lawmakers passed legislation that could allow the state to experiment with its own universal healthcare system.
May 3, 2010
Health care reform or a war on minorities?
The White House has just released a plan to curry favor with African Americans and Hispanics for the 2010 election. What's remarkable is that they can do that so soon after declaring war on low-income and minority Americans with their health care reform law.
April 29, 2010
Bill would allow Georgians to opt out of federal healthcare system
A bill that would prohibit mandatory participation in any federal healthcare system is headed to the desk of Gov. Perdue for his signature.
April 29, 2010
The Insurance Mandate in Peril
First Congress said it was a regulation of commerce. Now it's supposed to be a tax. Neither claim will survive Supreme Court scrutiny.
April 26, 2010
AFP & Tea Party Patriot of Scottsdale Town Hall on healthcare this Thursday
AFP Arizona , the Arizona Health Care Freedom Act, and the Tea Party Patriots of Scottsdale invite you to attend a special Health Care Town Hall this coming Thursday, April 29
April 26, 2010
Health Care Law - 60% Believe Health Care Law Will Increase Deficit, 58% Favor Repeal
Support for repeal of the recently-passed national health care plan remains strong as most voters believe the law will increase the cost of care, hurt quality and push the federal budget deficit even higher.
April 25, 2010
Younger adults to pay more for health insurance under law
Young adults likely will face sticker shock when mandatory health insurance becomes law.
April 22, 2010
Florida: Health Overhaul on November Ballot
Voters will decide this fall whether to ban health insurance mandates, including those required by the federal health care overhaul.
April 19, 2010
States defend citizens' right not to purchase health insurance - but not Oregon
Now that ObamaCare is the law of the land, it's not surprising that attention is turning to the supreme law of the land, the U.S. Constitution, in an attempt to derail it in the courts.
April 14, 2010
Health Care Battle Still On In Ariz.
Federal health care legislation may have passed, but Arizonans will still have an opportunity to voice opposition to the new laws.
April 12, 2010
US Health Freedom Coalition Soars, while Support for the Health Insurance Company Bailout and Government Forced Insurance Law Plummets
While even the most recent CBS poll shows that opposition to the new health care law is expanding, Americans continue to seek ways to support groups and ideas that will keep patients and families in control of their health and health care.
April 5, 2010
IRS chief: Buy health insurance or lose your tax refund
Individuals who don't purchase health insurance may lose their tax refunds according to IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman.
March 25, 2010
Missouri lawmakers clash over federal health care mandate
Debate over the federal health insurance overhaul has spilled over into the state Capitol.
March 25, 2010
Utah Governor Signs Health Care Freedom Act
Governor Gary Herbert has made Utah the third state to pass the "Health Care Freedom Act" into law.
March 24, 2010
Obamacare: The Battle Is Far From Over
Anyone who thinks the battle against Obamacare is over does not understand the depth of the opposition to this massive government expansion and the forces of freedom that will be challenging its despotic provisions.
March 24, 2010
Some may face penalty for shunning health insurance
The health care law signed Tuesday by President Obama is projected to extend insurance coverage to roughly 32 million additional Americans, but what happens to those who don't get themselves covered by health insurance?
March 24, 2010
Gov. Bob McDonnell signs Virginia Health Care Freedom Act
Governor Bob McDonnell (R) signed Virginia's opposition to the Democratically led federal health care reform bill Wednesday afternoon.
March 24, 2010
It's all about the Mandate
From Day One, the debate surrounding health care reform has always been about the individual and employer mandate. The public option? A sideshow. Medicare cuts? A red herring. Tax increases? Merely bait and switch.
March 23, 2010
Disagreement whether Congress can mandate purchase of health insurance
Attorney General Terry Goddard thinks Congress is entitled to mandate that Arizonans purchase health insurance.
March 23, 2010
Florida Republicans look to dismantle health care overhaul
Hours after congressional Democrats passed a major health reform bill, Republicans in Florida's capital opened a broad assault Monday to dismantle the legislation at the ballot box and in the courts.
March 23, 2010
AZ voters get shot at health care reform on November ballot
Before the gavel ever sounded in Washington, in Arizona it was already decided: Residents will get their own chance to vote on health care reform.
March 22, 2010
Health Care Reform Passes: But What Do Doctors Think?
It was a historic night in Washington as the House of Representatives passed the health care bill, securing Democrats and President Obama a hard-fought victory in the battle for health care reform.
March 21, 2010
Democrats Force Health Care Bill Passage; Makes the Arizona Health Care Freedom Act a Must
With Sunday's passage of the Democrats' health care proposal, one thing should be clear to every Arizonan: Our state needs to pass the Arizona Health Care Freedom Act, which provides both hope and a potential legal remedy to Arizonans citizens angered by this power grab.
March 20, 2010
Will States Overturn Health Care Reform?
As the health care debate reached critical mass, many states began looking at what their options are if Obamacare passes.
March 18, 2010
Virginia AG opposes 'deem and pass,' will sue to block health mandates
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is urging Democrats in Washington, D.C., to reconsider the use of the "deem and pass" rule to approve health care reform and is threatening a state suit against any such comprehensive bill.
March 17, 2010
Idaho challenges national health care proposal; more states may follow
Idaho on Wednesday became the first state to pass a law saying no thanks to part of President Obama's health care proposal.
March 17, 2010
Rep. Roskam Questions National Taxpayer Advocate on the IRS' Expanding Role in Health Care
Nina Olson, National Taxpayer Advocate, says that IRS will be able to enforce the individual mandate in the Senate bill, if enacted.
March 17, 2010
Mo. House approves constitutional amendment to block federal plan requiring health insurance
As Congress neared a vote on a federal health care overhaul, the Missouri House approved a state constitutional amendment Tuesday that seeks to block a government mandate to buy health insurance.
March 17, 2010
Governor Signs Idaho Health Freedom Act
Hailing it as a reflection of public dismay with Washington, D.C., and a clear expression of State sovereignty, Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter welcomed legislative sponsors to his office at the Capitol today for the signing of House Bill 391 - the Idaho Health Freedom Act.
March 16, 2010
U.S. Chamber Poll Shows Arizonans Opposed to Current Health Care Reform Proposal
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today released a public opinion poll showing that 59% of Arizonans in the 8th district oppose the health care reform plan currently being discussed in Congress while only 32% support it.
March 16, 2010
What's Your Definition of "Bipartisan?"
As 2009 came to a close, the Democrats enjoyed a 257-178 vote majority in the US House of Representatives and a 60-40 vote majority in the US Senate
March 16, 2010
Otter chooses 'Health Freedom Act' for first public signing ceremony
Gov. Butch Otter has been quietly signing bills into law, but to date - as of the 65th day of the legislative session
March 15, 2010
State lawmakers try to head off health bill
In a backlash against President Obama's health care legislation that stretches from Virginia to California, lawmakers in more than two-thirds of the states are scrambling to undercut the bill before it even passes Congress.
March 9, 2010
Who'll Care for Us When Doctors Go Under?
Medicare payments to doctors make up about 40 percent of the non-hospital insurance portion of Medicare, known as Medicare Part B.
March 8, 2010
Va. health bill could foil Obama proposal
RICHMOND - Here in the former capital of the Old Confederacy, where resistance to the supremacy of federal law has a long and tortuous history, a new battle is being waged over a question that could undercut a key part of President Obama's health care proposal: whether Washington can require that most Americans have health insurance.
March 2, 2010
Bipartisan health care summit? Not even close
If you had even a few minutes last week to watch President Barack Obama's "health care summit," you saw quite the spectacle: The president of the United States and the leaders of both political parties arguing over microphone time and getting nowhere fast on what most of us agree is one of America's top priorities.
February 21, 2010
Health Care Freedom Act Featured at CPAC
The Conservative Political Action Conference isn't all fiery speeches and political red meat. Following the rousing speech by Rep. Mike Pence on Friday, a much more subdued presentation by Dr. Eric Novack described the efforts of states to pass a version of the Health Care Freedom Act
February 20, 2010
Health Backlash in the States
The backlash against ObamaCare is moving beyond the Tea Parties and has now arrived in state capitals. In more than 30 states, legislators are proceeding to pass statutes or ballot initiatives that would guarantee the right to choose medical services and insurance.
February 20, 2010
Governors Acknowledge HCFA in Press for Reforms
Without commenting specifically on either the House- or Senate-passed healthcare bills, Governors Association Vice Chairman Joe Manchin III (D-W.V.) repeatedly cited the need for any federal law to give the states flexibility in implementing certain reforms, including individual insurance coverage mandates.
February 17, 2010
Anti-Insurance Mandate Bill Thus Far Encountering Little Resistance
The Tennessee Senate has passed a measure aimed at blocking any federal requirement that citizens of the state purchase private health insurance.
February 15, 2010
Health insurance mandates face resistance from states
But measures stipulating that residents cannot be forced to obtain coverage face a tough road and could be superseded by federal law.
February 10, 2010
Founders would cheer Virginia's anti-Obamacare bill
Virginia is moving towards passing legislation that would make it unlawful to implement federal legislation to compel Virginia residents to buy health insurance, a/k/a, Obamacare.
February 3, 2010
Next Step for Health Freedom: How about a Constitutional Amendment?
What is the next step for advocates of freedom in health care, now that the majority faction has stumbled just short of the finish line in its attempt to take over every American's access to medical services?
February 1, 2010
Va. Senate passes bill opposing mandatory health insurance
The Virginia Senate took a stand against a key provision of a proposed federal health care overhaul Monday, passing legislation declaring that Virginia residents cannot be forced to buy health insurance.
February 1, 2010
States Seeking to Ban Mandatory Health Insurance
Conservative lawmakers in many states are forging ahead with constitutional amendments to ban government health insurance mandates.
January 23, 2010
Solid way to protect Arizona patient rights
The misinformation campaign against the Arizona Health Care Freedom Act has officially begun. Our opponents have found quite a platform, too: The front page of the New York Times.
January 19, 2010
Federal health care foes plot for state opt-outs
Congress can pass a federal health care bill and President Obama can sign it, but that doesn't mean the states plan to abide by it.
January 12, 2010
Health reform looms in Mass. Senate race
Groups opposed to health care reform have plunged into the battle for Ted Kennedy's former Senate seat, launching an attack on Democratic candidate Martha Coakley for accepting last-minute donations from insurance and pharmaceutical lobbyists.
January 7, 2010
Health care Freedom on Good Morning Arizona
Arizonans For Health care Freedom featured on AZ Family's Good Morning Arizona. Watch the clip below.
January 6, 2010
Forbes supports opt-out proposal for health care
Former GOP presidential candidate and media mogul Steve Forbes voiced his support Tuesday for a state ballot initiative that would give Arizonans the right to opt out of a government-run health-care system.
January 1, 2010
Top 10 Legislative Issues to Watch 2010
The Great Recession may technically be over, but it continues to have a devastating effect on the ability of state legislators to craft new legislation or programs.
December 13, 2009
The goals are laudable but elusive
Increased and broadened access to health care, control of costs and improved quality are goals all Americans share, regardless of party affiliation. No one is "against reform," contrary to the claims the defenders of the current bills.
December 11, 2009
Does Anyone Actually Support the Health Bill?
Patients First, A Project of Americans for Prosperity is highlighting the pervasive unpopularity of the health care overhaul that Majority Leader Harry Reid is ramming through the Senate at breakneck speed.
December 3, 2009
McCain Amendment Tries to Prevent Medicare Cuts Patients Group Backs Amendment to Protect Seniors
Patients First, A Project of Americans for Prosperity is praising efforts by Senate Republicans to prevent more than $400 Billion from being slashed from Medicare as part of the controversial health care overhaul that has been proposed by Democrats.
November 19, 2009
Fighting a Coercion Clause
PHOENIX -- In 2006, long before there was an Obama administration determined to impose a command-and-control federal health care system, a young orthopedic surgeon walked into the Goldwater Institute here with an idea.
November 16, 2009
The Health Care Heist
Well that settles it. Privately insured health care in America is such a raw deal that lobbyists at America's Health Insurance Plans and the National Association of Health Underwriters have had to convince Congress to make it a crime for people not to buy services from their members.
November 13, 2009
Health Care Freedom for VA
The Campaign for Liberty has stepped up in Virginia, getting out ahead of the feds and finding a sponsor for the Virginia Health Care Freedom Act, to be introduced in the 2010 legislative session.
November 12, 2009
Voice of the Nation: Eric Novack on the Health Care Bill in Congress
This week on "Voice of the Nation" we will be discussing the healthcare bill currently being pushed through congress.
November 3, 2009
Dr Novack Dicusses Obama Health Care
Watch Dr. Eric Novack on Fox News.
November 2, 2009
Watch the Democratic Debate on Health Care
Watch President Obama and Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton's Debate on Health Care.
October 30, 2009
Rights of Arizonans -- and Americans
The citizens of Arizona should always have the right to spend their own money to get access to lawful health services.
October 27, 2009
Kansas Becomes Latest State to Defend Health Care Choice
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the nation's largest individual membership association of state legislators, congratulates Kansas Representatives Peggy Mast and Brenda Landwehr and Kansas Senator Mary Pilcher Cook for announcing their intent to introduce a constitutional amendment to protect the right of individuals to make their own health care choices.
October 24, 2009
How an Insurance Mandate Could Leave Many Worse Off
AMERICANS seem to like the idea of broadening health insurance coverage, but they may not want to be forced to buy it. With health care costs high and rising, such government mandates would make many people worse off.
October 22, 2009
Dr. Novack on Horizonte discussing healthcare reform
A discussion with State Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, member of President Obama's White House Health Reform Task Force, and Dr. Eric Novack, Chairman of Arizonans for Health Care Freedom.
October 21, 2009
In Health Care, Fighting for Spoils
Once major players in Washington, D.C., divide up our health and health care decision-making power, particularly the $2.5 trillion in annual spending, they will declare the crisis over and the nation's health saved.
October 4, 2009
The Doctor Will See You (When And If We Can Find The Money)
What happens in a government-run health care system when the money runs out for the year?
October 1, 2009
ALEC's Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act on Fox News
Judge Andrew Napolitano discusses state legislators introducing the American Legislative Exchange Council's Model Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act on Fox News.
September 28, 2009
In Some States, a Push to Ban Mandate on Insurance
In more than a dozen statehouses across the country, a small but growing group of lawmakers are pressing for state constitutional amendments that would outlaw a crucial element of the health care plans under discussion in Washington: the requirement that everyone buy insurance or pay a penalty.
September 25, 2009
Idaho should consider health care constitutional amendment
I'd bet when Superman hangs out in the Hall of Justice with Aquaman, Wonder Woman and the Wonder Twins, the Man of Steel wonders whether he should be in a league of his own.
September 12, 2009
State lawmakers try to halt health care changes
Republicans in more than a dozen states opposed to President Barack Obama's push for health care overhaul have mounted state-driven efforts to block federal intervention in health care, with some early success.
September 10, 2009
Health Care Reform
The day after President Obama delivers a national speech on health care reform, hear what local experts have to say about the issue.
August 31, 2009
The Battle for the Individual Mandate
A particularly contentious mailing from then-Sen. Barack Obama accused his opponent of wanting to get everyone health insurance by having "the government force uninsured people to buy insurance, even if they can't afford it."
August 5, 2009
GOP sends 3 measures to 2010 ballot
Three proposals to amend the Arizona Constitution will be heading to the 2010 ballot for voter consideration after gaining final approval from Republican lawmakers during a session dominated by the state's financial crisis.
August 5, 2009
Care Versus Control
As someone who was once rushed to a hospital in the middle of the night, because of taking a medication that millions of people take every day without the slightest problem, I have a special horror of life-and-death medical decisions being made by bureaucrats in Washington about patients they have never laid eyes on.
August 4, 2009
Florida the Latest State to Consider Rejecting Federal Health Care Scheme
The Tenth Amendment Center reported last week that Florida is the latest state to move to tell the federal government where they can stick their unconstitutional government health care plans:
July 30, 2009
Will Florida Ban National Health Care?
On the heels of a successful state-level resistance to the 2005 Real ID Act, activists and state legislators alike are focusing their efforts on state governments as a way to resist new federal programs.
July 30, 2009
Dr. Eric Novack on Cavuto
Last night, Dr Eric Novack discusses Health Care Reform on Fox News.
July 23, 2009
Examining Medicare Spending Variations
The president spoke last night of finding "half of the money for health-care reform" from the reallocation of money from other places "in the health-care system." Numbers Congress and the White House have used have ranged from $400 billion to $950 billion.
July 23, 2009
Obama Health Care Mandate Eliminates Patient Rights and Freedoms
In his remarks to the nation last night, President Obama confirmed the worst fears of millions of Americans who want the freedom to make their own health care decisions.
July 22, 2009
Barry O Here for Health Care
How many television hucksters rush you to buy something because the opportunity will not last? How many used car salesmen have told you that you that you need to "sign on the dotted line" without fully reading the contract because the details are simply "boilerplate"? When was the last time some stock broker showed you the numbers for just the first few years of a loan repayment because "the investment will pay for itself" despite a huge balloon payment coming up? Welcome to health care reform, President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid-style.
July 22, 2009
Health Care Reform Ad Campaign
Health care reform is needed. However, reforms that increase the role of government and an already massive federal budget deficit - as many proposals would - are bad medicine.
July 21, 2009
Instructions for use: 100,000 page information pamphlet attached
You can win an appointment with a doctor if you can find your way through
the maze.
July 18, 2009
Arizona in position to be federalism shield
You asked, and yes, there is something you can do. But, it'll take extra oomph to fight off the federal power grab. You never thought you'd become politically active. You're busy taking care of your families and embracing gifts of American citizenship. But all that is threatened now.
July 10, 2009
Warning Signs on Health Reform
If her surgery had to have been approved by a government panel, how many bureaucrats do you think would have supported spending the money on a 94-year-old with medical issues?
July 8, 2009
Hold the fort!
On June 22, the Arizona legislature voted to place the Health Care Freedom Act on the 2010 ballot. In doing so, legislators said plainly to the citizens of Arizona and to elected officials in Washington: health care reform cannot come at the expense of the rights and values that built this country.
July 8, 2009
Fundamental principle of fairness and equal rights
Although I am a resident of California, I have become an avid fan of the leadership of the Arizona Legislature: Kirk Adams, Speaker of the House of Representatives and Bob Burns, President of the Senate.
July 6, 2009
Rep Nancy Barto on The Ed Schultz show on MSNBC
Watch Arizona Rep. Nancy Barto on The Ed Schultz show on MSNBC on July 1, 2009. A member of the American Legislative Exchange Council, Rep Barto is discussing the Healthcare Freedom Act
July 2, 2009
AZ lawmakers push back against federalized health care
Powerful political and business interests are pushing for the federal government to take a greater role in health care. But a few state legislators across the country are hoping to thwart that trend.
July 2, 2009
Arizona Poised to Strike Blow for Federalism
To protect health care freedom for Arizonans, the Legislature has sent a referendum to the voters that would amend the state constitution to prohibit government from compelling people to participate in health care systems and guaranteeing the right to directly purchase lawful medical services.
July 1, 2009
Arizona Rep. Nancy Barto on Fox News
Arizona Rep. Nancy Barto (a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council) on Fox News. Rep Barto is discussing the Healthcare Freedom Act...
June 30, 2009
Arizona Moves to Oppose Obama's Expected Health Care Mandates
Voters in Arizona will decide next year whether residents will be subject to mandates in the pending health care reform that President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are promoting.
June 28, 2009
6 States Want to Nullify Obamacare With Opt Out Law
If accepted by the majority of the voters, Arizona will be able to opt out of any federal healthcare laws passed by Washington.
June 28, 2009
News Maker Sunday on Fox 10
Watch discussions take place in reference to Arizona's Healthcare reform.
June 26, 2009
Obama will not have his family on the public heathcare plan
President Obama will not be putting HIS family on any public plan. His promise that "you can have the care that your Senator has" is an empty promise as he made clear at the White House infomercial this week
June 25, 2009
Dr. Eric Novack Discusses Health Care Reform
Dr. Eric Novack appears on the Glenn Beck Program to discuss health care reform. (Video)
June 24, 2009
Dr Eric Novack disputes Obama's Claim of 46 Million Uninsured Americans
An Arizona orthopedic surgeon testified in Congress on Tuesday that President Obama's claim that 46 million Americans don't have health insurance is not accurate because it does not reflect exactly who those people are and why they are "uninsured."
June 24, 2009
Wall Street Journal - Arizona vs. Obamacare
Big news out of Arizona, and a big blow to Obamacare: On Monday the Arizona state senate referred to the ballot a state constitutional amendment called the Health Care Freedom Act. The amendment, if approved by voters, would guarantee the right of Arizonans to make their own health care decisions, and to be free from coercion (directly or indirectly) with respect to participating in any health care system or plan.
June 22, 2009
Arizona Legislature Passes Important Bill To Protect
PHOENIX, Arizona (June 22, 2009) - The Arizona Legislature today passed a bill that refers the Health Care Freedom Act (H.C.R. 2014) to the November 2010 ballot.
June 22, 2009
Chance to opt out of national healthcare will go to voters
Arizonans will get a second chance to decide if they want residents here to be able to opt out of any national health insurance plan approved by Congress.
June 17, 2009
Eric Novack testifies before Senate Health Committee
Dr Eric Novack testifies before State Senate Healthcare and Medical Liability Reform Committee
June 17, 2009
Expect Final Senate Vote Soon.
The Arizona State Senate Healthcare and Medical Liability Reform Committee pass HCR 2014. Final Senate vote expected soon.
June 12, 2009
House votes against universal health care enrollment
PHOENIX -- Saying they are working to prevent socialism, members of the state House voted 34-19 Thursday to ask voters to block the federal government from forcing Arizonans to enroll in any universal health care program.
June 11, 2009
State House opposes forced federal health care
Saying they are working to prevent socialism, members of the state House voted 34-19 Thursday to ask voters to block the federal government from forcing Arizonans to enroll in any universal health care program.
June 9, 2009
Arizonans can opt out of new national health plan
PHOENIX A state House panel voted Tuesday to allow Arizonans to opt out of any new national health care plan adopted by Congress.
June 2, 2009
Eric Novack Testifies Before State House Health Committee
Good morning. I want to thank Chairwoman Barto and the rest of the committee for considering this critical referendum and having me here today.
May 29, 2009
State House not sold on national health care plan
PHOENIX -- A state House panel voted Tuesday to allow Arizonans to opt out of any new national health care plan adopted by Congress.
May 27, 2009
AZ Bill: US Med Plan Optional
PHOENIX - A state House panel voted Tuesday to allow Arizonans to vote to opt out of any new national health-care plan adopted by Congress.
May 27, 2009
Arizona Initiative Seeks Independence From National Health Reforms
The Arizona Republic reports that state legislators advanced a proposal on Tuesday that would ensure that Arizona residents maintain the right to opt out of any new federal or universal health care system.
May 27, 2009
Arizona's proposed health-choice bill HCR 2014
Something funny happens to people when they believe they will receive something for nothing. They cast away any evidence that shows the contrary. They willingly put on blinders so as not to see the truth, that nothing is ever really free.
May 27, 2009
Health Freedom Returns in Arizona
Last November, Arizona's Proposition 101 was narrowly defeated at the ballot box. Prop 101 would have prevented the government from enrolling people in a government or private health plan against their choice, or otherwise preventing them from spending their own money on their own health care.
May 15, 2009
Arizonans For Healthcare Freedom Featured in National Review
Arizonans for Health Care Freedom gets featured May's issue of the National Review
May 6, 2009
U.S. Chamber Urges Congress To Avoid Employer Mandate on Health Care
A mandate on employers to sponsor health insurance would not make serious headway in covering the uninsured and instead would lead to the loss of jobs, according to the U.S. Chamber.
February 9, 2009
Ruin Your Health With the Obama Stimulus Plan
Republican Senators are questioning whether President Barack Obama's stimulus bill contains the right mix of tax breaks and cash infusions to jump-start the economy.
October 25, 2008
Stopping Dr. Statism by George F. Will
On Election Day, Arizonans can give the nation the gift of a good example. They can enact a measure that could shape the health-care debate that will arrest or accelerate the nation's slide into statism. Proposition 101, the Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act, would put the following language into Arizona's Constitution:
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