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Ga. could vote to opt out of federal health care

 


ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgians could have a say this fall on whether to sidestep the proposed federally-mandated health care plan.

The bill from state Sen. Seth Harp would pre-empt the federal healthcare proposal currently being considered by Congress that has
not yet received final approval.

Harp's constitutional amendment would allow Georgians to opt out of federal coverage. It needs to be approved by two-thirds of the Legislature and would then be on the 2010 ballot for Georgians to vote on.

Republican Gov. Sonny Perdue this week also criticized the federal health care proposal, saying it would create a financial burden for states. He urged Georgia lawmakers to find ways to get around the federal plan.

 

 

 

 

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) makes remarks on his meeting with Democratic senators about health care legislation as Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) listens in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington in this December 15, 2009 file photo. Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele on January 10, 2010 called on Reid to step down as Senate majority leader over racial comments about President Obama, while Democrats tried to put the issue behind them. Reid apologized to the president on Saturday over remarks published in a new book calling Obama a "light-skinned" black man "with no Negro dialect unless he wanted to have one." Picture taken December 15, 2009.