Ballot questions (health)


Friday, May 29, 2009

Testifying on Health Freedom in Arizona 

Limiting government power and maximizing individual choice

By John R. Graham

Filed As:  Ballot questions (health), Health Care

The other day, I reported on my participation at a legislative hearing discussing a proposed amendment to the Arizona constitution that would prevent the government from eliminating any citizen's ability to resist being conscripted exclusively ... more »»

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Health Care Freedom in Arizona 

By John LaPlante

Filed As:  Ballot questions (health)

The Arizona Republic reports on the bill that John Graham mentions in the post below.

It includes a quote from a fan of turning health care over to government:

"What this effort is, is an attempt to protect the current system. This ... more »»

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Health Freedom Returns in Arizona 

HCR 2014 resurrects Prop 101's attempt to limit government power

By John R. Graham

Filed As:  Ballot questions (health), Health Care

Last November, Arizona's Proposition 101 was narrowly defeated at the ballot box. Prop 101 would have prevented the government from enrolling people in a government or private health plan against their choice, or ... more »»

Friday, November 21, 2008

Will Arizona Republicans Act Quickly? 

By John LaPlante

Filed As:  Ballot questions (health), Health Care

If you favor personal health care freedom, there's little to cheer about in an Obama Administration. So you look for bright spots whenever you can.

Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano is rumored to be up for a ... more »»

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Arizona Medical Choice Act Not Decided 

By John LaPlante

Filed As:  Ballot questions (health), Health Care

If you've been wondering what happened to Proposition 101, a ballot measure in Arizona that would guarantee medical choice, the results aren't yet finished. It's too close to call.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

The Few, The Proud, The California Tax-Killers 

SEIU caves in on Medi-Cal bailout, but it won't be enough. Next stop: tobacco tax?

By John R. Graham

Filed As:  Ballot questions (health), Health Care

A few dozen Californians bravely strode forth and slayed Gov. Schwarzenegger's tax dragon.  Five tax-hiking propositions that the governor and other Sacramento politicians tried to con us into believing would fix the budget deficit failed to get past the voters.  (The solution is to shrink ... more »»

Friday, December 19, 2008

California Republican Legislators Find Some Health Dollars 

Two "earmarked" funds in surplus: Did voters approve too much tax?

By John R. Graham

Filed As:  Ballot questions (health)

As California continues to teeter on insolvency, Republican legislators have proposed a budget amendment that transfers some funds from two health-care programs that are in surplus!

Surplus? How the heck did that happen? ... more »»

Monday, November 24, 2008

The Folly of California's Taxpayer Funded Stem Cell Research 

No Results From $3 Billion Doled Out To Politically Connected Players

By John R. Graham

Filed As:  Ballot questions (health), Health Care

The Sacramento Bee has editorialized on a topic near to our hearts at PRI: stem cell research.  Actually, stem cell research itself is "above our paygrade" as the President-elect might say.  Nevertheless, we have ... more »»

Friday, November 21, 2008

Arizona's Prop 101: It's Always Darkest Before It Goes Totally Black 

Just Kidding: Lost Proposition a Success in Public Education

By John R. Graham

Filed As:  Ballot questions (health), Health Care

Before the election, I concluded that Sen. McCain had a health care plan which would have allowed states and families more freedom to choose health care that they prefer, ... more »»

Monday, October 27, 2008

Stopping Dr. Statism 

By John LaPlante

Filed As:  Ballot questions (health), Health Care

For champions of patients, the most cheery news from this election season may come from Arizona, where a person's freedom to choose a doctor and insurance company (or to forgo either) would be enshrined in the state constitution.

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