With Election Day looming, all the hubbub has been about Issue 2 — the proposed repeal of Senate Bill 5, which affects public union negotiating.
Much less has been said about Issue 3, but it could have just as great an impact on Ohio — especially on the state Supreme Court’s docket and the billable hours of lawyers.
Issue 3 — which would repeal the federal affordable health-care bill — was proposed by the Tea Party last year. It’s likely to pass, in part because voters generally will have no idea what they’re voting on, thanks to vague ballot language that says it’s designed to “preserve the freedom of Ohioans to choose their health care,” which sounds universally wonderful enough.
This article appears in Oct 26 – Nov 1, 2011.
This article intellectually vacuous.
Issue 3 makes no mention of abortion, and Mrs. King’s argument is disingenuous at best. Grasping at straws will not give you credibility Mrs. King.
My question for all of you is this: if the government can compel us to purchase a product under threat of fine and imprisonment, where does it stop? Under the vast healthcare law, what is to stop the government from dictating what you can eat, drive, drink or watch on TV? It’s not a stretch, it’s already happening in California and New York.
Ummm, a “progressive think tank” is a liberal minded think tank.
Actually, there’s nothing ‘intellectually vacuous” about this. The law does not mention any specific health-care systems or “reporting systems” that people cannot be compelled to participate in, which is why it’s likely to spawn so much litigation if passed. It basically forbids the state from making ANY changes to ANY aspect of health care after the date the federal Affordable Care Act passed. That potentially includes workers’ comp, information technology systems, immunization requirements, courts ordering divorced parents to pay for children’s health coverage, reporting of new epidemic outbreaks and, yes, abortion. It’s virtually certain all will be impacted, and it’s certain abortion will be challenged. This law goes way way way beyond preventing people from being compelled to purchase health insurance. Its awful wording rejects all changes to health-care delivery following March 19, 2010. That includes new abortion bills.