HEALTH CARE

By Ronny Santana

• The current socialist health care "reform" bill we are all now forced to purchase was back door dealed against the wishes of 73% of the American people. According to the bill (that no one bothered to read) if you don't buy the government's health care you will be fined or imprisoned ! We are being goverened with impunity against our wishes while our freedoms are being stripped away. HR 4872

The health care plan was written by a committee whose chairman says she doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that hasn't read it and exempts themselves from it, signed by a president who also hasn't read it and who smokes, with funding administered by a treasury chief who doesn't pay his taxes, overseen by an obese surgeon general, and financed by a country that's broke. What could possibly go wrong ??

My solution: I fully support SCA 29 Healthcare Protection Act. It gives California voters the opportunity to affect the enforcement of restrictive state or federal healthcare legislation by placing a measure on the ballot. Let the people decide like in the old days.

• What does this mean to you ? SCA 29 requires voter approval of any state or federal measure implementing a healthcare program that contains a provision mandating individuals to obtain health coverage, guarantee issuance of health coverage, creates a "pay or play" system for employers, creates a government entity to compete with private plans, or creates a single-payer healthcare system. This measure will ensure voters have a voice in the healthcare debate rather than allowing Washington to make costly and ineffective decisions regarding something as personal as the choice of a family doctor.