NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The state Senate is sending a message to Washington that Tennesseans should have the right to say no to potential federal health care coverage.
National health care reform may be on hold, but Tennessee is on the verge of a new law that says, ‘We don’t want it.’”
The Tennessee Senate overwhelmingly passed the “Tennessee Health Freedom Act” on Wednesday.
Republican leader Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey said, “I hope the health care plan is dead as presented in Washington D.C., but in case it was not, this addresses the problem.”
Ramsey was among the co-sponsors of the bill in the state Senate.
Wilson County Republican Senator Mae Beavers also sponsored the bill.
Sen. Beavers said, “My bill would say they could not fine anybody in the state of Tennessee, and if they tried to, our attorney general would defend us.”
She says it allows the state to defend anyone who would pay a penalty if they refused federally mandated health care coverage.
Beavers said, “It’s not a nullification bill, because it gives people a choice. If they choose the national health care, they will be able to choose that. If they choose to have their own insurance, they can do that.”
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#1 by Jack on February 19th, 2010
Way to go Mae…keep fighting for us in the Senate until you become our mayor!