Toledo Blade:
....The Ohio Liberty Council, essentially the conservative Tea Party movement, filed signatures with Attorney General Richard Cordray to start the process of amending the Ohio Constitution to declare that no law can force an individual, employer, or health-care provider to participate in the reforms....
....Kathleen Gmeiner, project director for Ohio Consumers of Health Coverage, said many Ohioans will fight to protect their newfound rights under the health-care law. “They do not want discrimination again by insurance companies for their children or themselves,’’ she said. “They do not want annual caps on how much insurance companies will pay. They want to see the doughnut hole closed. They will stand up against those who seek to overturn it through the ballot.’’
The Republicans and their association with right wing fringe groups, continue to be the party of "NO!" with their movement to deny your family the chance for health care coverage. We cannot allow these people to stop progress. They have nothing to offer you. While these righties have their own health insurance coverage, they want to deny you the safety and security of health coverage.
>>> Time Magazine's Swampland blog has a must read:
5 Reasons Republicans Should Let Go of Health Care
Here are the most interesting:
4. The courts have a long history of federal law taking precedent over state laws: ahem, Medicare and Medicaid.
Google “Medicare Medicaid challenged in courts” and you get more than a million hits. Both programs have been sued so much by states on down that there are whole practices that specialize in such cases. And yet both programs are still functioning in all 50 states. Most constitutional lawyers expect legal challenges of this bill will end up much the same way as most previous 9th and 10th amendment cases have: that the federal law would stand.
5. The ‘Party of No' label.
As Adam Nagourney notes in today's New York Times, this is the most immediate risk for Republicans ahead of the 2010 elections. Dragging out reconciliation for weeks or months has the potential to reinforce that stereotype....There is plenty more to read, and I suggest you check out the link above.
The Republicans were against voting rights, equal pay, a federal minimum wage, Medicare, Social Security, worker protections, the Lily Ledbetter Act, etc., etc., etc. Is this just another Republican ploy to deny rights and privileges to average and poor Americans?
As Ohio voters, we must keep in mind that Portman, Husted, Kasich, and Stivers have all declared their intention to fight for the repeal of the health care bill. We don't need them.
(Sign below from democraticunderground.com)
