Will Governor Kasich allow the Ohio Legislature to put Pay Increases in Front of Health Care & Education?

For Immediate Release

December 5, 2014

Contact: Marianne Gasiecki
State Co-Coordinator (OH) - Tea Party Patriots
(419) 961-4439

Pay Increases for Ohio 

Legislature Fast Tracked

Salaries More Important than Health Care and Education

Ohio - In a bold display of narcissism and selfishness, the Ohio House has fast tracked an amended substitute bill (Sub HB 661) through House Committee hearings in one day to give themselves a yearly "Cost of Living" increase. 

Meanwhile important bills such as the Health Care Compact (HB 227), which would put the destiny of Ohio's health care in the hands of its own citizens, and the bill to Repeal Common Core (HB 597) are pushed aside and allowed to sit idle.

From the time Sub HB 661 was introduced, the Ohio House has managed to pass this bill for their own salary increases through committee hearings and on the floor for a full vote - in less than one weeks time.

This is the same legislature that is reported to be cutting this legislative session short, leaving important bills, such as the previously mentioned, to die at the end of this session.

"Where is the outrage, when people who are paid with our taxes, can't find the time to address important legislation, but in less than a week, can pass their own pay increases?" asked Marianne Gasiecki, Tea Party Patriots State Co-coordinator.

"Since they were able to find time to give themselves pay increases," stated fellow Tea Party Patriots State Co-Coordinator Ralph King, "one would expect that in the spirit of good government, the Ohio legislature would remain in session and actually do their job."

We respectfully request that Governor Kasich take a stand for good government and Ohio citizens by calling on both Ohio legislative bodies to do the responsible thing and stay in session until both HB 227 and HB 597 have been given a full vote by both bodies, added both King and Gasiecki.

Governor Kasich - the Nation is watching!

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Action Alert: The Time for True Health Care Freedom in Ohio is NOW!

 Action Alert  

Now that the elections are over, it is time to get back to work on fighting for our healthcare freedom. With the election night victories by the GOP in the U.S. Senate, now that they have control, there should be no excuses on why they cannot get rid of Obamacare.

After using the often repeated refrain of "Repeal of Obamacare" & "Health Care Freedom" as a fundraising banner since the passage of Obamacare, the GOP must now make good on their promises. 

The health care system in our country was broken prior to Obamacare and Obamacare just made it worse. But even a full repeal of Obamacare will not fix the health care problem we face as a nation.

Freeing us from the chains of Obamacare is not enough - we need true health care freedom and that can only come through the Health Care Compact (HCC).

The Health Care Compact is the only Constitutional option that not only allows states to remove themselves from the chains of federal control, it empowers the member states to address the health care concerns, needs and costs at the state level regardless if Obamacare is repealed or not.

Currently at the federal level Congressman James Lankford (R-OK) has introduced the Health Care Compact (H.J. Res. 110).

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To date, nine states have joined the Health Care Compact (Kansas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah), and legislation has either passed the state legislature or is being considered in 12 additional states.

Ohio is hoping to be the tenth state to pass the Health Care Compact with HB 227 having passed out of the OH House State & Local Government Committee and pending a full vote on the Floor of the OH House.

Having the support of 4 out of 6 in the OH House Majority Leadership, the HCC should be one of the first things on the House agenda when they return to session next week on 11/12/14.  

Passion to Action

We are asking everyone to contact your Ohio House Representative and ask that they support the Health Care Compact (HB 227) and true healthcare freedom in Ohio. 

For a county by county list of OH Rep's contact information, please click here.

Please sign the petition in support of the Health Care Compact to show Ohio legislators you support true health care freedom in Ohio. After you sign it please forward it your friends, family and social network.  To forward this post, click here.

Click to Sign the Petition

How Obamacare Premiums Are Set

The only way to Constitutionally free us from Obamacare - is through the Health Care Compact. 

When the OH House starts back in session, be on the look out for our Action Alerts regarding the Health Care Compact efforts in Ohio (HB 227). Already passed out of Committee, we will be pushing for a full vote on the House Floor.

From Heath Care Compact.Org --

Merrill Matthews of Forbes describes the push and pull behind rate setting under Obamacare. What? The rates are set for a free market? Ok, not quite, but there are some bureaucratic ‘forces’ affecting them. And here are some that Matthews discusses:

Throw away your risk tables. “Actuaries set premiums for the upcoming year based on several factors, including the estimated ratio of sick and healthy people in the pool … However, actuaries had ZERO experience with Obamacare’s “metal plans” (bronze, silver, gold and platinum), plus the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and President Obama were making up or changing the rules as they went along—and still are.”

Shoot first, ask questions later. “So if some insurers announce lower-than-expected premium increases for 2015, it may be because they overpriced policies the first time—not because Obamacare is holding costs down.”

Game the price controls. “HHS has a 10 percent red-flag cap. Under Secretary Kathleen Sebelius HHS had warned insurers that if they raised premiums more than 10 percent in one year, the agency would closely scrutinize their justifications. That’s because such increases would undermine Obama’s affordability promise.” So insurers played games like having 9% increases two yerars in a row or increasing premiums against a rainy day, knowing they could not adjust prices in the future.

Politicians and bureaucrats are pressuring insurers to keep premiums down. We saw this in Massachusetts shortly after the passage of Romneycare. Health insurers asked for a premium increase and the state rejected the request. Then Governor Deval Patrick leaned on the insurers to lower their rates, which they did—a tactic that can only work a few times before there’s no more margin to give.

Unfortunately this also forces costs up. The firms make irrational decisions based on a strategy of minimizing bureaucratic caprice. All the classic outcomes of central planning -- hoarding, shortages, misallocation -- show up in the so-called markets. There is also the tactic of putting the premium in the fine print, by loading it onto the deductible.

Obamacare premiums are so expensive that many participants are choosing very high deductible plans. Health Pocket Inc. found the average deductible for an individual in a Bronze plan was $5,081 ,and $10,386 for a family. It was $2,907 for an individual in a Silver plan, and $6,078 for a family.

Matthews says this is actually good because the real proxy price of a policy migrates to its deductible. “That’s actually a very positive step. High deductibles dramatically lower health care utilization and, just as importantly, they encourage patients to seek value for their health care dollars by making them cost-conscious and shopping around for a better price. That practice puts downward pressure on premiums.”

The result is that the premiums contain only a fraction of the price information. Cheap could mean ‘unavailable’. Expensive could be ‘unavailable’ also because it was too cheap last year. Central planning has never worked well, not even when they were not called central planning.

Action Alert: Support True Health Care Freedom in Ohio!

Remaining steadfast in our fight to free Ohio from the chains of Obamacare, the following is an important Update & Action Alert on the Health Care Compact (HB 227) efforts in Ohio.

The Health Care Compact was successfully voted out of the OH House State & Local Government Committee with a recommendation for passage on 4/2/14.

Yesterday we were informed by OH Rep. Wes Retherford, one of the lead co-sponsors of the Health Care Compact (HB 227), that he is hoping the Health Care Compact will be put to a full vote on the House Floor this coming week - possibly as early as this coming Tuesday (5/27/14).

While this is wonderful news, this leaves us with a short time frame to contact our OH Rep's to encourage their support for true health care freedom in Ohio with a yes vote on the Health Care Compact (HB 227). 

How You Can Help!

Please contact the below area GOP members in the OH House and ask they please support passage of the Health Care Compact.

Being this is Memorial Day weekend and they will not be returning to work until Tuesday, please leave a message on voice mail and/or click the given links to send an email.

Cuyahoga County --

Rep. Mike Dovilla

Phone: (614)466-4895

Email: Click Here

Rep. Nan Baker

Phone: (614)466-0961

Email: Click Here

Rep. Marlene Anielski

Phone: (614)644-6041

Email: Click Here

Note: Please thank Rep. Anielski for supporting the HCC as Vice-Chair on the State & Local Government Committee and encourage her continued support.

Medina County --

Rep. Dave Hall

Phone: (614)466-2994

Email: Click Here

Summit County --

Rep. Marilyn Slaby

Phone: (614)644-5085

Email: Click Here

Rep. Anthony DeVitis

Phone: (614)466-1790

Email: Click Here

For a county by county list of OH Rep's contact information, please click here. 

Please sign the petition in support of the Health Care Compact to show Ohio legislators you support true health care freedom in Ohio.  After you sign it please forward it your friends, family and social network.

Click Here To Sign Petition 

Action Alert: Stop Obamacare in Ohio - Calls Needed for the Health Care Compact (HB 227)

This Action Alert is for any Ohio resident who does not want the federal government controlling their health care decisions, is paying higher insurance premiums, has recently lost health insurance, can no longer use your regular doctor, has lost their job or had your work hours reduced due to the implementation of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act.

As posted here before, the Health Care Compact (HB 227) is currently in the OH House State & Local Government Committee.  The Health Care Compact was introduced by OH Rep. Wes Retherford & Rep. Terry Boose.

Proponent testimony in support of the Health Care Compact (HB 227) was given in February.  (To read the testimony click here.  Then scroll down to Feb 18, 2014, open the menu and scroll down to HB 227.)

Opponents of health care freedom in Ohio are trying to stop the Health Care Compact (HB 227) and will be giving opponent testimony in the OH House State & Local Government Committee this coming Tuesday.  It is important that we let the committee members know Ohio wants health care freedom.  

How you can help!

Please sign the petition in support of the Health Care Compact to show Ohio legislators you support true health care freedom in Ohio.  After you sign it please forward it your friends, family and social network.

Click Here To Sign Petition 

Please contact the below members of the OH House State & Local Government Committee and encourage them to support the HCC and putting Ohio residents back in control of the decision making process regarding our healthcare.

State & Local Government Committee

GOP Members

Rep. Terry Blair (R)  Chairman

Phone: (614) 466-6504 

Contact: Click Here

Rep. Marlene Anielski (R) Vice-Chair

Phone: (614) 644-6041 

Contact: Click Here

Rep. Richard Adams (R) Co-Sponsor

Phone: (614) 466-8114 

Contact: Click Here

Rep. Terry Boose (R) Sponsor

Phone: (614) 466-9628 

Contact: Click Here

Rep. Tim Brown (R)

Phone: (614) 466-8104 

Contact: Click Here

Rep. Tony Burkley (R)

Phone: (614) 644-5091

Contact: Click Here

Rep. Rex Damschroder (R)

Phone: (614) 466-1374 

Contact: Click Here

Rep. Cheryl Grossman (R)

Phone: (614) 466-9690 

Contact: Click Here

Rep. Bob Hackett (R)

Phone: (614) 466-1470 

Contact: Click Here

Rep. Brian Hill (R)

Phone: (614) 644-6014 

Contact: Click Here

Rep. Ron Maag (R) Co-Sponsor

Phone: (614) 644-6023 

Contact: Click Here

Rep. Ron Young (R) Co-Sponsor

Phone: (614) 644-6074 

Contact: Click Here

Democrat Members

Rep. Kathleen Clyde (D) Minority Leader

Phone: (614) 466-2004 

Contact: Click Here

Rep. Ronald Gerberry (D)

Phone: (614) 466-6107 

Contact: Click Here

Rep. Matt Lundy (D)

Phone: (614) 644-5076

Contact: Click Here

Rep. Bill Patmon (D)

Phone: (614) 466-7954 

Contact: Click Here

Rep. John Rogers (D)

Phone: (614) 466-7251 

Contact: Click Here

Rep. Michael Sheehy (D)

Phone: (614) 466-1418 

Contact: Click Here

Rep. Stephen Slesnick (D)

Phone: (614) 466-8030 

Contact: Click Here

States Lining Up to Retake Control of Healthcare

With more and more states looking for ways out of the failed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the Health Care Compact is the one option that not only lets them remove themselves from the chains of the PPACA, but will also give them the fiscal freedom and legislative liberty to address their health care concerns and costs at the state level.

Currently 8 states (UT, TX, OK, MO, IN, AL, SC & GA) have passed the Health Care Compact, and it has been introduced in 9 more states (WA, CO, KS, LA, TN, MI, FL, NH & OH). 

Ohio is hoping to be the ninth state to pass the Health Care Compact, Ohio HB 227 which is making its way through the OH House State & Local Government Committee and will hopefully be on the House Floor for a full vote.

From the Daily Caller --

The states cannot rely on Washington to correct the travesty that is Obamacare. After forty-seven votes to repeal or reform the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), Congress has not been able to even hold Health and Human Services (HHS) accountable for the website folly, including over $1 billion spent for federal exchange and data services contract awards.

From the opaque political proceedings, to passage by desperate arm-twisting and bribes, to the exceptions granted favored groups including members of Congress and staff, to the eighteen unilateral, politically expedient White House revisions, to the un-competitively contracted website disaster, the formation and implementation of PPACA has done grave injury to the political process.

Americans are now watching the entire Act collapse under the weight of its own illegitimacy. Obamacare has, thus far, served to discourage Americans from working, vastly expanded the Medicaid entitlement, caused the cancelation of millions of private insurance plans, pledged tax funds to underwrite insurance’s losses, increased premium costs by an average of 41 percent, and distanced doctors from patients.

Jonathan Turley, noted constitutional scholar who generally supports President Obama’s policies has said,

I think many people will come to loathe that they remained silent during this period. . . . I think that many people will look back at this period in history and see nothing but confusion as to why people remained so silent when the president asserted these types of unilateral actions. You have a president who is claiming the right to basically rewrite or ignore or negate federal laws. That is a dangerous thing.

Of course, when Americans think of federal law, this spectacle of harried negotiation and frantic deal-making that produced a 2,700 page reconciliation product called the PPACA “law” was as repugnant as Washington sausage-making gets. Key Senators and Congress-members writing in a pending federal appellate amicus brief called the law “disjointed, confusing, and even self-contradictory,” describing it as a “preliminary draft” that was pushed to preempt the filibuster after the election of Republican Senator Scott Brown.

The American public is well aware that Congress generally did not read the PPACA, nor did members deliberate the terms in reconciliation. Now that we are all “finding out what is in it,” sixty-four percent of Americans polled said that the ACA would not have passed “if we knew then what we know today.”

States seeking a way to defend the constitutional order have signed on to lawsuits challenging the legal foundations upon which Obamacare is rationalized. So far, legal challenges have failed.

There is another way that states may organize to pull healthcare back from Washington: the Healthcare Compact. Eight states have already agreed to join in a compact designed to restore control of medical services and systems to the states. An additional ten states are now actively considering adopting the Compact.

Recently, Congressman James Lankford introduced H.J. Res. 110 to authorize “member states … to implement their own health care systems without interference from federal bureaucrats.”

Interstate compacts between states have been in place since before the nation was formed. They have been used over two hundred times to address regional concerns, settle disputes, and defend state sovereignty. For example, compacts have been utilized to organize emergency management, resolve transportation issues, and establish regulatory consistency. Currently, many states are now participating in twenty-five or more compacts.

The Healthcare Compact simply returns healthcare administration to the states. Comparable to a block grant, this compact would provide for allocation of funds back to the states as currently designated by Washington. The Compact also establishes an advisory Healthcare Commission that would convene to recommend non-binding resolutions, assess healthcare issues, and publish data.

At the very least, Congress is obligated to make good on attempts to repeal Obamacare and should expedite approval of the multistate Healthcare Compact. The grant of congressional consent would uphold constitutionally mandated state police power vesting oversight of “health, safety, and welfare” matters in the states. This sovereign state authority logically includes the regulation of healthcare policy.

The federal government has countered that it has the constitutional power to tax and spend for the general welfare and that universal healthcare is a justifiable federal interest. Indeed, this taxing authority rationale was the basis for Chief Justice Roberts’ legal defense of the individual mandate. However, even a wildly imaginative interpretation of the tax-and-spend power could not be construed to license the capricious federal meddling and legislative tampering now imposed upon the most personal medical affairs of state citizens.

States should not pass on this opportunity to reacquire control of healthcare matters while resolving the question of state sovereignty. Moreover, Congress has a constitutional duty to allow state laboratories of advanced technology, medical innovation, and economic incentive to fix the mess that Washington has made.

Some states like Vermont have already expressed interest in a single payer plan whereas other states might choose a plan based upon Indiana’s successful trial of health savings accounts for government employees. Private organizations have demonstrated great results with cooperative plans that promote individual responsibility and comparative shopping for medical services. Health maintenance organizations like Kaiser Permanente have been able to offer reasonable premiums while featuring preventative programs. States are far better positioned than the federal government best to determine the options that are most efficient and effective.

If entrepreneurial states are given a chance to show that they can do a vastly superior job of providing quality care at competitive cost, they will also restore faith in the American reputation for innovative, reliable, and quality medical care. More importantly, returning healthcare to state management will advance a core American ethic: state dynamism and self-determination.

Karen Lugo is Director of the Center for Tenth Amendment Action at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a non-profit, free-market research institute based in Austin. 

Rep. Lankford (R-OK) Introduces Bill to Free States from Obamacare

Congressman James Lankford (R-OK) introduced the one bill that will give states the ability to free themselves from the chains of Obamacare - the Health Care Compact (H.J. Res. 110).  

To date, eight states have joined the Health Care Compact (Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah), and legislation has either passed the state legislature or is being considered in 12 additional states.

Interstate compacts are governing tools that have been used on more than 200 occasions to establish agreements between and among states. Mentioned in Article 1, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution, compacts are constitutional instruments that provide authority and flexibility to the states for administering government programs without federal interference. Congressional consent is required for states to enter into a legally binding compact.

Why is the Health Care Compact Important for Ohio?

In Ohio, many think or were led to believe the Ohio Health Care Freedom Amendment (OHCFA) completely stopped the implementation of Obamacare in Ohio.  It does not and never did.  (Click here to read text of OHCFA)

Simply put, while a good first step, the Ohio Health Care Freedom Amendment only stopped an Ohio resident from being forced into purchasing health insurance or from being forced into a health care system from the state or federal government. 

Due to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Ohio Health Care Freedom Amendment passed in 2011, now only prohibits Ohio residents from being forced to purchase health insurance or from being forced into a health care program at the state level. 

Whereas any member state of the Health Care Compact, once approved by Congress, will be free from the chains of Obamacare and will be able to draft task specific health care laws that best suit their state -- without being bound by the federal constraints and mandates of ACA.

Continuing the fight against Obamacare in Ohio, Ohio Rep. Terry Boose & Rep. Wes Retherford introduced HB 227 and are hoping Ohio becomes the ninth state to pass the Health Care Compact.

From Breitbart -- 

Washington, DC—Representative James Lankford (R-OK), Chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee, today introduced the House Joint Resolution legislative proposal for the Health Care Compact, a breakthrough governance reform that allows states to clean up the health care mess created by the federal government.

“The Health Care Compact is a way for states to protect their residents from the top-down, one-size-fits-all health care ‘solutions’ that have been imposed from Washington DC, including Obamacare,” said Lankford.

“The compact transfers health care decision-making authority and responsibility from the federal level to member states. Those member states are then free to implement their own health care systems without interference from federal bureaucrats, using federal health care funds already collected and spent in their state.”

To date, eight states have joined the Health Care Compact (Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah), and legislation has either passed the state legislature or is being considered in 12 additional states.

Interstate compacts are governing tools that have been used on more than 200 occasions to establish agreements between and among states. Mentioned in Article 1, Section 10 of the Constitution, compacts are constitutional instruments that provide authority and flexibility to the states for administering government programs without federal interference. Congressional consent is required for states to enter into a legally binding compact.

The Health Care Compact does not conflict with efforts by state attorneys general, state legislators or Members of Congress to repeal or modify the President’s health care law.

“I still strongly support a full repeal of Obamacare. While we wait for this President and Senate Democrats to move beyond their intransigent support of this unworkable law, Congress can give interested states a way to solve their state’s health-care problems themselves. States that like their Obamacare can keep their Obamacare. The Health Care Compact simply gives a state like Oklahoma the option to create a customized system that better meets the needs of Oklahoma families.”

On average, more than 96 percent of health care is provided and consumed within a state by residents of that state. The Health Care Compact recognizes that with the lion’s share of health care being locally provided and locally consumed, regulating it at the state level makes more sense than the centralized, one-size-fits-all policies mandated from Washington. Centralized micromanagement of a complex industry serving more than 300 million people will not work.

“With $2.3 trillion spent annually and almost 3,000 pages of regulations for Medicare and Medicaid, federal management of our complex health care system has proved to be incompetent, inflexible and incomprehensible to the average American,” observed Lankford. “States already manage Medicaid, but they are burdened with thousands of pages of federal regulation, which makes the system inefficient and impersonal. The Health Care Compact moves decision-making closer to the people, freeing states to address health care innovation, increased options and affordability."

“I am proud to join the many state legislators, governors, businessmen and hard-working Americans who have worked to build support and momentum for the idea of the Health Care Compact, and I am proud to introduce the common-sense bill for this sensible solution,” concluded Lankford.

For a copy of the bill text, please click here.

Defenders of Liberty in Ohio Continue Fight against Obamacare

For Immediate Release

Contact: Marianne Gasiecki    

mansfieldteaparty@gmail.com

February 9, 2014 

Defenders of Liberty in Ohio 

Continue Fight against Obamacare

Ohio - Recently named "Defenders of Liberty" in the latest American Conservative Union rankings for state legislators in Ohio, Rep. Wes Retherford and Rep. Terry Boose  are continuing the fight against Obamacare in Ohio. 

Leading by example, as sponsors of the Health Care Compact (HB 227), which would allow Ohio to be completely and constitutionally removed from the chains of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), Retherford & Boose, along with an All Star cast of Ohio conservatives, are proving they are dedicated to stopping Obamacare in Ohio, as well as looking for common sense solutions in addressing health care issues.

Due to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Ohio Health Care Freedom Amendment passed in 2011, now only prohibits Ohio residents from being forced to purchase health insurance or from being forced into a health care program at the state level.  Becoming a member state of the Health Care Compact will give Ohio the Constitutional freedom and liberty to make common sense and fiscally sound decisions on what is best for Ohio regarding health care - without being bound by the federal constraints and mandates of ACA.

"As our country deals with the devastating effects of the so-called Affordable Care Act, many have thrown in the towel believing it is now the law of the land," stated Tea Party Patriots State Co-Coordinator Marianne Gasiecki. "We are fortunate in Ohio to have a group of legislators willing to defend our liberty and fight for true health care freedom that we can only get through the Health Care Compact." 

"All too often we hear politicians talk tough but run away at the slightest challenge. It is nice to see elected officials in Ohio such as Retherford and Boose, and those supporting the Health Care Compact, walking the walk of true Defenders of Liberty as they push on with the only way to Constitutionally remove us from the freedom sapping shackles of Obamacare," said Ralph King Tea Party Patriots State Co-coordinator.

"Because of the determination and dedication being shown by these Defenders of Liberty in Ohio we look forward to joining the other 8 states that have passed the Health Care Compact and hope that Ohio will soon be the ninth state," stated King.

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The Health Care Compact: 8 States & Counting -- Let's make Ohio #9!

OH Rep. Wes Retherford will be giving his sponsor testimony for the Health Care Compact (HB 277) on Tuesday November 19th, and is asking for our support and presence.  

If you can join us in Columbus in support of Rep Retherford's testimony on HB 227 or if you are interested in joining us for a up coming conference call to learn more on the Health Care Compact efforts in Ohio, please click here.

From The Health Care Compact --

As of this writing, the Health Care Compact (HCC) has been signed into law in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Indiana, Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, and Utah. The bill has been introduced and is under consideration in nine other states. 

All of this progress is due to the grassroots advocacy and support of thousands of Americans like you who believe the federal government should stay out of health care.Together, we’re sending a clear message to Congress: America wants a wiser alternative to Obamacare.

Every state we gain increases the pressure on Congress to recognize the HCC as a means for member states to bypass the financial disaster of Obamacare—and to affirm the states’ right to operate at a smaller, local government level on issues like health care.

With more provisions of Obamacare set to take effect on January 1, we’ve arrived at a “strike while the iron is hot” moment in the HCC movement.The financial, ethical, and practical problems of Obamacare are becoming more real to the American people, and it’s up to us to show them that there is an alternative . . . one that is simple, locally empowering, and mandated by the Constitution.

There has never been a better time to tell your friends, neighbors, and coworkers about the HCC, because more people are open to the idea than ever before. There’s also never been a better time to throw your financial support behind the HCC, as the momentum builds for advocacy and awareness.

Please click here and sign the petition to show your support of HB 227 & the Health Care Compact efforts in Ohio.