House Passes Healthcare Choice Act

Under legislation passed today by the House, Oklahomans could vote to keep their existing health care system even if federal health care reform passes.

House Joint Resolution 1054, by Reps. Mike Ritze and Mike Reynolds, would allow the voters to change the Oklahoma Constitution to include a “Freedom of Healthcare Choice Act.”

“The legislation allows Oklahomans to vote to preserve our current system, a system most prefer to anything the federal government can come up with,” Ritze, a Broken Arrow physician and surgeon, said. “Oklahomans want the current doctor-patient relationship preserved instead of having Washington bureaucrats dictate medical decisions.”

The legislation has been endorsed by officials with the Oklahoma Constitutional Alliance, a conglomeration of several organizations including Sooner Tea Party, OKforTea.com, the 912 Project, the Oklahoma Second Amendment Association, Tulsa Town Hall, Tulsa 912 Project, Oklahoma City 912 Project, ROPE (Restore Oklahoma Public Education), Oklahoma Tenth Amendment Center, Remember The Bailout, and others.

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