Georgia lawmakers propose WTF health care legislation
State lawmakers want to to protect citizens from being “forced into government-run health care”
This has been a long day, as you can tell. Now we’re greeted to this news from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Sen. Judson Hill, R-Marietta, and Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers, R-Woodstock, want to amend the state Constitution to “protect Georgia’s citizens from being forced into government-run health care.”
Here’s what Hill said in a press release:
“Our country was founded on individual freedom and liberty. Today we’re proposing a Constitutional Amendment that ensures every Georgian the freedom to accept or reject any health care or health insurance plan. The Amendment would also prohibit any government from punishing an individual or business that does not participate in such health plans. Passage of this Amendment is the best way to protect Georgians from the Democrat led Congress’ attempt to socialize healthcare through their ‘public option’ health care mandate.”
But when pressed by reporters about their plan at a press conference this afternoon, Hill and Rogers made clear they hadn’t really thought through the proposal.