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Omaha World-Herald: Nebraska voters could take a stand against key parts of the national health care overhaul with a proposed constitutional amendment designed to ensure freedom of choice, including the choice to not buy health insurance. Whether that stand would make any difference is questionable. At a minimum, Legislative Resolution 289CA would provide additional venues for debate about the proposal moving through Congress.
State Sen. Beau McCoy of Omaha, who introduced the measure, said he hopes to get it on the November ballot. “This is intnded to give Nebraskans across the state a forum to discuss this issue,” he said… It would ban any state law that restricts a person's choice of private health care systems or insurance plans or that interferes with a person's choice to pay directly for medical care. It also would ban any law that penalizes people for their health care and insurance choices.
If passed, the measure could put Nebraska in conflict with the federal legislation. The House and Senate bills would require most Americans to buy health insurance. People without insurance would face penalties. Because the requirement is in both bills, it likely would remain part of the final proposal.
Sen. Tom White of Omaha, an attorney, said a state constitutional amendment would not stop a federal reform law from taking effect in Nebraska. Federal law prevails if it conflicts with the state constitution, he said. “This is just political posturing,” White said.
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