In his opening remarks tonight President Obama said, “[T]he reform we’re proposing…will limit the amount your insurance company can force you to pay for your medical costs out of your own pocket.”
I don’t know about you, but my insurance company gave me the option to pay more of my medical costs out of my own pocket so I can have a lower premium, just like I do with car insurance.
The president says his proposal is not about him, but it is about me and tens of millions of people like me who will be forced into more expensive private insurance options, onto a public plan, or fined for not having insurance. Thousands in Massachusetts have already been told their insurance doesn’t count anymore. People in Florida are likely going to learn the same thing as their own insurance exchange begins operations.
Arizona’s healthcare freedom act is a model the federal government and every other state legislature should examine before they take away our unalienable right to life.
