AARP Idaho

Idaho Health Freedom Act Wrong Rx for State's Health Care Crisis

Published in Physician Law Weekly, March 10th, 2010

As the President and a bipartisan group of members of Congress come together today to discuss how to tackle the nation's growing health care crisis, Idaho Senators are poised to debate a bill tomorrow that could make the issue worse in the state. The Idaho Health Freedom Act (HB 391), taking aim at a component of a non-existent federal health care law, could wreak havoc in Idaho, while costing the state money and jobs.

AARP is urging Senators to reject the bill and, as part of its "accountability vote" efforts, will track and report the roll call and inform all its 180,000 members how their Senator voted. The Senate vote is the last opportunity to stop the bill before...

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Source: Physician Law Weekly (2010-03-10)

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