Health care freedom advances in Louisiana
By Mike Miller · Jun 22, 2010
Louisiana’s health care freedom act is expected to soon be law.
WASHINGTON, June 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Last Friday, June 18, 2010, Louisiana became the first state with a Democrat-controlled legislature to oppose a requirement to purchase health insurance—the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s health reform agenda. Louisiana House Bill 1474, which passed the Louisiana Senate with strong bipartisan support, will soon head to Gov. Bobby Jindal’s desk. The measure is modeled after the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act now introduced or announced in 42 states.