Nebraska is "kicking-back" and has introduced a bill that, should it pass, will likely challenge Obamacare, should it ever see the light of day. We should expect to see other states follow in kind. (Three "should's" in two sentences. "Is that legal?")
http://www.nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Intro/LR289CA.pdf LR 289CA LR 289CA
ONE HUNDRED FIRST LEGISLATURE
SECOND SESSION
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION 289CA
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Introduced by McCoy, 39; Carlson, 38; Christensen, 44; Coash, 27;
Fulton, 29; Harms, 48; Janssen, 15; Krist, 10;
Lautenbaugh, 18; Price, 3; Schilz, 47; Utter, 33.
Read first time January 13, 2010
Committee:
1 THE MEMBERS OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST LEGISLATURE OF
2 NEBRASKA, SECOND SESSION, RESOLVE THAT:
3 Section 1. At the general election in November 2010 the
4 following proposed amendment to the Constitution of Nebraska shall
5 be submitted to the electors of the State of Nebraska for approval
6 or rejection:
7 To add a new section 31 to Article I:
8 I-31 Because all people should have the right to make
9 decisions about their health care, no law shall be passed that:
10 (1) Restricts a person’s freedom of choice of private
11 health care systems or private health plans of any type;
12 (2) Interferes with a person’s or an entity’s right to
13 pay directly for lawful medical services; or
14 (3) Imposes a penalty or fine of any type for choosing to
15 obtain or decline health care coverage or for participation in any
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particular health care 1 system or health plan.
2 Sec. 2. The proposed amendment shall be submitted to the
3 electors in the manner prescribed by the Constitution of Nebraska,
4 Article XVI, section 1, with the following ballot language:
5 A constitutional amendment to provide that no law shall
6 be passed that restricts a person’s freedom of choice of
7 private health care systems or plans of any type, that
8 interferes with a person’s or an entity’s right to pay
9 directly for lawful medical services, or that imposes a
10 penalty or fine for choosing or declining health care
11 coverage or participation.
12 For
13 Against.
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