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Fighting health insurance mandates

March 31, 2010 By Jackie Johnson

Some Wisconsin lawmakers want to amend the State Constitution to prohibit the federal government from requiring residents to purchase health insurance.

“Forcing people to buy a product — mandating that a person must buy a product — that is not constitutional to require people to purchase something.”

Senator Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin) says there is a vast amount of public opposition to the federal mandate, and that’s why she’s asking Senator Jon Erpenbach (D-Waunakee) to schedule a public hearing.

However, the chair of the Senate Health Committee says a hearing would be a waste of the limited amount of time remaining in the legislative session. “It is a waste of time and I think Senator Lazich knows it and she’s perhaps being a little disingenuous with people who support the idea.”

Erpenbach says the so-called “Health Care Freedom Amendment” is not necessary because attorneys general from several states are already involved in a federal lawsuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court has the final say — not state legislatures.

Lazich, a ranking member of the Senate Health Committee, says at the very least, a public hearing would allow people to voice their opinions.

Anyone refusing to buy insurance by 2014 could face a $700 fine per person, over $2,000 per family or 2.5 percent of household income.

Lazich attended a press conference Wednesday morning, along with State Senator Joe Leibham (R-Sheboygan) and State Representative Robin Vos (R-Caledonia) to discuss Senate Joint Resolution 62.

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