On July 27, 2009, Florida House Representative Scott Plakon (R-Longwood) and State Senator Carey Baker (R-Eustis) introduced House Joint Resolution 37, Florida Health Care Freedom Act. The text of the bill would--if approved in the 2010 legislative session by 3/5 of the legislature--put a Health Care Freedom Amendment to the Florida Constitution on the 2010 ballot. The amendment, if approved by 60 percent of the voters, would allow Floridians to legally decline participation in any Federally-mandated socialized healthcare scheme. It essentially sets up a Tenth Amendment challenge to ObamaCare. For more, read the CentralFloridaPolitics.com story, here.
There are already several co-sponsors (Adams; Carroll; Dorworth; Drake; Ford; Hays; Hudson; O'Toole; Precourt; Proctor; Renuart; Snyder) but if your Florida Representative or Senator is not listed, CALL, WRITE, EMAIL OR FAX THEM, and tell them you want them to support this resolution. We need 3/5th of the Legislature to get this to go forward, so do it now! Get your friends and neighbors involved, too! If your Representatives are already co-sponsors--or you are lucky enough to have either Representative Plakon or Senator Baker as your representatives--please call them and thank them personally!
