Health Care Compact introduced in Ohio Senate

For Immediate Release

June 17, 2011

Contact: Marianne Gasiecki
                    Ohiohcc@gmail.com

Health Care Compact

introduced in Ohio Senate

Ohio Continues the fight against Obama Care

COLUMBUS, OH -- The Tea Party Patriot Groups of Ohio are excited to announce that the Health Care Compact, an agreement between participating states that restores authority and responsibility for health care regulation to member states, was introduced into the Ohio Senate this past Wednesday. As part of the 50 state initiative to enact Health Care Compacts, the compact will allow Ohio to create its own health care policies by joining an interstate compact that supersedes prior federal law.

The Health Care Compact has been introduced in 14 states, and has passed the State House of Representatives in Montana, Missouri, Oklahoma, Colorado, Arizona, Georgia and Texas.  It has passed the State Senate in Arizona, Missouri and Georgia. In addition, in more than 36 states, citizen groups and state legislators are actively considering the Health Care Compact.

Interstate compacts have been used throughout U.S. history to allow states to coordinate in important policy areas. Authority for compacts was established in the Constitution (Article I, Section 10), and more than 200 such agreements are currently in effect. They are voluntary agreements between states that, when consented to by congress, have the force of federal law.

"We would like to thank Senator Grendell and his staff for working with us on this important piece of legislation.  Oklahoma and Georgia have already signed the Health Care Compact legislation into law, and we hope to be the third", stated Gary Young of the North Ridgeville Tea Party Patriots and Chairman of the Ohio Health Care Compact Committee.

*Note - For more information or to set up an interview with the board of the Health Care Compact Alliance or a local Ohio supporter of the Compact please contact Marianne Gasiecki at Ohiohcc@gmail.com or (419) 961-4439

Ohio Tea Party Patriot Groups

* Mansfield Tea Party * Cleveland Tea Party Patriots *

Medina Tea Party Patriots * North Ridgeville Tea Party Patriots * New American Patriots * Stark Tea Party Patriots * Buckeye Lake Tea Party Patriots * Geauga Lake Tea Party Patriots * Morrow County Tea Party Patriots * Newark Campus Tea Party Patriots * Lorain 9.12 Tea Party Patriots * Zanesville Tea Party Patriots