Major Problems in Montana's CI-128 (the Abortion Initiative)
- September 26, 2024
Huffington Post: Want to be taxed $5 to save just $1? Expect this kind of health care “reform” from those claiming to protect you from what’s called the “uninsured cost-shift.”. Supporters of mandatory insurance only claim to oppose cost-shifting. In practice, they support policies that, like mandatory insurance, add to the very cost-shifting they claim to object to.
READ MOREColorado politicians and candidates for officer can show their support for freedom and individual rights in medicine in at least two ways. One is to endorse Colorado Amendment 63. The other is to sign the Repeal Pledge.
READ MOREHuffington Post: Should Colorado mandate that each car owner buy a comprehensive lifetime vehicle warranty? By the logic of a common argument against Colorado Amendment 63 and for mandatory medical insurance, the answer is “Yes.” Mandatory insurance treats your body as a means to political ends, rather than respecting your rights as an individual. An editorial in […]
READ MOREIn a Denver Post Guest Commentary, Paul Hsieh, MD of Freedom and Individual Rights in Medicine says: Suppose the government required everyone to purchase their meals from state-run restaurants. The government would also select the menu items. If you liked spinach but their vegetable choice was broccoli, then tough luck. Everyone would also have to […]
READ MOREEconomist Linda Gorman writes: People who need to spend $100,000 to interpret 90 words of a ballot initiative, that the Blue Book interprets for free, shouldn’t have much credibility when it comes to controlling health care costs. That’s how much the campaign against the health care choice amendment, Amendment 63, spent on fancy campaign consultants. […]
READ MOREFrom the Denver Daily News: Dr. Brent Keeler, president-elect of the Colorado Medical Society, said in a statement yesterday that Amendment 63 might “interfere with the state’s ability to regulate the practice of medicine.” Dr. Brent Keeler’s statement about Amendment 63 and licensing is absurd. He might as well argue that the Colorado Constitution supports […]
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