JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Later this month, the
Missouri Senate will consider a bill which would effectively cripple the
implementation of the Affordable Care Act within the state.
Following the lead of
South Carolina, where lawmakers are fast-tracking House Bill 3101 in 2014, and
Georgia, where HB707 was recently introduced by Rep. Jason Spencer, Missouri
State Senator John T. Lamping (R-24) pre-filed Senate Bill 546 (SB546) to update
the Health Care Freedom Act passed by Missouri voters in 2010. It passed that
year with more than 70% support.
SB546 would ban
Missouri from taking any action that would “compel, directly or indirectly, any
person, employer, or health care provider to participate in any health care
system.” That means the state would be banned by law from operating a health
care exchange for the federal government.
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