Failing to Protect You from Obamacare

***Roll call vote is below***

On the same day President Obama and Congress continued their commitment to passing their government takeover of healthcare with their "Healthcare Summit", most Democrat and some Republican Delegates failed to protect you from Obamacare.

They failed to protect you from Obamacare by voting in favor of killing debate on the Healthcare Freedom Act.

The Healthcare Freedom Act protects your freedom to buy the healthcare you want without the threat of punishment from the government. You can't be forced into a government plan, forced to buy health insurance, or prohibited from buying the healthcare services you want with your own money.

If Obamacare passes, the Healthcare Freedom Act would give you the protection you need from Obamacare. It is estimated Obamacare will force about 100 million Americans to buy more expensive health insurance. The Healthcare Freedom Act will protect them.

In other words, this Act puts into writing the promise, "If you like your health insurance, you can keep it."

Yet, if you want to participate in Obamacare, the Healthcare Freedom Act doesn't prohibit you from doing so. In fact, it gives greater protection to every person to buy the healthcare services of their liking.

Lastly, the Healthcare Freedom Act also doesn't nullify federal law. It doesn't because it gives state constitutional protection of a very important individual liberty. The Act doesn't say we don't have to comply with federal law.

The US Supreme Court has recognized, most recently in the 2006 case Gonzales v. Oregon, that states have the power to grant greater individual liberty protections than what the US Constitution grants to all Americans. This is because the US Constitution is a floor of rights, not a ceiling.

Unfortunately, nearly every Democrat and some Republicans failed to recognize the need for protecting your healthcare freedom. Worse, they even voted in favor of killing debate on the Healthcare Freedom Act.

These Delegates failing to recognize the need for your protection from Obamacare is disappointing; but voting to kill debate on a vital piece of legislation is disrespectful to each of their constituents.

Debate is one important way we are accountable to our constituents. Saying no to debate is saying no to accountability. Now, it is time for these Delegates' constituents to hold them accountable for their unaccountable actions.

Below is the roll call vote on killing debate on the Healthcare Freedom Act.  A "Yes" vote is a vote in favor of killing debate.  A "No" vote is a vote against killing debate.