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Posted on 04/24/2010 3:19:30 PM PDT by pissant
Only hours after the Florida House and Senate voted to “opt out” of the new federal health law, the top U.S. health official said Thursday night that will not be permitted.
Without mentioning any particular state or going into detail, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that state and local officials can vent all they want about a so-called “federal takeover” of health care. But they cannot deny their citizens access to its benefits or requirements, she told the Association of Health Care Journalists.
“They may want to opt out, but they don’t get to opt out all of their citizens who want and need health care,” Sebelius said.
Florida has an estimated 4 million uninsured, most of whom will be covered when the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) takes full effect in 2014.
At least 30 states have passed state constitutional amendment legislation similar to that approved by the Florida Legislature, according to theNational Conference of State Legislatures.
Sebelius said the backlash against the ACA has been ginned up by “misinformation,” much of it deliberate. Thus HHS will be setting up an Internet site to answer frequent questions and a toll-free helpline, similar to that operated for Medicare beneficiaries. HHS staff members present at the conference said they hope to have the Internet site up by July 1 and the help desk soon after.
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I smell a lawsuit...a BIG lawsuit.
Go ahead Sibelius, make my day!
Sue the hell out of Obozo and the clueless Sibelius.
HAHAHA....MAKE OUR DAY.....their knowledge of the CONSTITUTION is showing...
This is what you get when you have dumbass, incompetent morons like Sebelius in the goverment. The bimbo needs a civics lesson or two.
States Rights went out with the Civil War. We arent e Free nation any more. Havn’t been for a while now.
This is what the Civil War was all about, States Rights.
Like Obama said “they won”.
Idiots!!!!! The Whole lot of you RATs..
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Sez who, Swine Flu girl?
so states cannot deny their citizens “access” to federal govt REQUIREMENTS
what a deal
Well, I say they can. You can say whatever you want but that doesn’t make it a fact. Well unless you control the media.
Sebelius is the sort who’s never let a court stand between her and a dead baby.
Yeah, and ole King George didn't permit the 13 colonies from establishing the United States of America.
Sebelius, you're a left-wing fruit loop. The People call the tune, not you government bureaucrats. EVERY state is going to eventually opt out of this tyrannical cram-down.
Get your rifles boys, they have crossed the Mason Dixon line.
these are citizens of states first then US later.
That is the way the country is formed.
Gee another unelected, unconstitutional regulator who thinks she can tell us what to do.
I'm getting tired of letting the women and the blacks run the show. It’s looking to me like that wonderful, rosy idea has lead us down the primrose path to fascist dictatorship. I'm sick of quotas and "equality" and "non-discrimination" and "affirmative action." Time for a revolution. I can discriminate all I want and can associate with whomever I want and government has no constitutional say about it as long as I’m not disturbing the peace.
So in the space of a couple of days we have the gubmint telling both Floriduh and Arizona what to do. Maybe it’s going to have to come to a confrontation between the states and the now illegitimate Fed govt.
I guess you're right. All is lost. Better keep hiding under that rock.
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