REP. STAM’S 2009 – 2010 BILLS (UPDATED)(0)
Read legislation sponsored by Rep. Stam during the 2009 and 2010 sessions of the North Carolina House of Representatives.
Post archive for ‘Health Care’
DEMOCRATS REFUSE TO CONFRONT IMPORTANT ISSUES(1)
The 2010 “short session” of the NC General Assembly is winding down with plenty of unfinished business. The Democratic leadership has refused to allow consideration of a number of important bills, primarily sponsored by Republicans.
Recent public opinion polls emphatically indicate North Carolina citizens resoundingly support these Republican initiatives. However, they have been refused a fair hearing in the legislature.
DEMOCRATS SEEK GOVERNMENT MANDATES FOR YOUR CHILD’S DIET(4)
Say goodbye to the juice box. A vote of 63 to 45 in the House gave tentative approval Thursday to a measure that would dictate what children could have to drink in private child care facilities.
NC LEADERS MAKE QUESTIONABLE DECISIONS ON HEALTH CARE(0)
Senate Republican Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) said, “At a time when North Carolinians are concerned about the future of their health care coverage, we cannot afford for the Governor or the Attorney General to be unengaged or reckless in their decision-making.
HEALTH CARE PROTECTION ACT DRAWS SUPPORT FROM CITIZENS(1)
Governor Halts Plans to Protect Citizens’ Rights
Raleigh, N.C. – Supporters of the Health Care Protection Act rallied on Halifax Mall today as a meeting of the Council of State took place nearby. In the N.C. House, the bill will be introduced by House Republican Leader Paul Stam as well as Representatives Thom Tillis, Jeffrey Barnhart [...]
FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL LETTER: Constitutionality of Federal Health Care Legislation(0)
STATE OF FLORIDA
BILL McCOLLUM
ATTORNEY G ENERAL
January 19, 2010
This legal analysis is of the constitutionality of the individual mandate provisions contained in the health care legislation as passed by the U.S. Senate (H.R. 3590 as amended) and the U.S. House (II.R. 3962). Congress’s unprecedented mandate on every citizen to purchase health insurance coverage or 10 face a penalty raises serious constitutional concerns. The U.S. Constitution enshrines a form of limited government to protect the rights of the states under a system of federalism and to protect the individual freedom of our citizens. The health care individual mandate provisions as currently drafted violate constitutional principles and lack constitutional authority for Congress to enact.
PROPOSED NORTH CAROLINA HEALTH CARE PROTECTION ACT(0)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to protect the freedom to choose health care and health insurance.
(a) A law or rule shall not do any of the following:
(1) Compel a person to (i) provide for health care services or medical treatment for that person or (ii) contract with, or enroll in, a public or private health care system or health insurance plan.
MEDICAID FRAUD EXAGGERATION(0)
Gov. Beverly Perdue has loudly proclaimed her new initiative to stop Medicaid fraud. The heart of her claim is the use of new technology by IBM to review claims before they are paid. This is a great idea.
But her press release is highly misleading. As Lieutenant Governor from 2003-2008 she was culpable in not supporting [...]
NC REPUBLICANS TO FIGHT A FED TAKEOVER OF HEALTH CARE(5)
“Republicans will not stand idly by and watch as citizens’ rights to make their own health care decisions are taken from them by the federal government.”
- Senate Republican Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham)
Raleigh, N.C. — The Republican leaders of the State Senate and House were joined by the Chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party [...]
