Lawmakers in Missouri pass resolution against Obamacare.

I placed the entire article here as it is not very long. At least Missouri is  taking a stand.


JEFFERSON CITY — The state House voted Tuesday evening to urge Missouri’s congressional delegation to oppose efforts to change the federal health care system.

Rep. John Diehl, R-Town and Country, sponsored the resolution, which passed on a vote of 111-46. He said the federal proposal was “too big, it’s too expensive, it’s too dense, it’s too corrupt.”

Diehl said the health care bills currently being considered could cost the state of Missouri more than $315 million a year. Those figures vary, however, depending on who’s counting. Estimates by Missouri’s Department of Social Services peg the state’s cost at $100 million by 2017.

While many Republican lawmakers viewed approval of the resolution as a key stance against the federal health care overhaul, some Democrats dismissed it as partisan posturing.

Minority Leader Paul LeVota, D-Independence, called the debate “political theater” and criticized House Speaker Ron Richard for failing to make the autism insurance the first bill on the House floor. Richard, a Republican, had said the autism bill would be the first priority for debate.

As Missouri lawmakers debated the nonbinding resolution, Massachusetts voters cast ballots in an election that could influence the national health care efforts. The state’s voters turned out to choose a new senator to fill the seat left vacant when Sen. Edward Kennedy died.

Republican Scott Brown, now a state senator, has publicly said he’d oppose the health care bills. His opposition would give Senate Republicans enough votes to block the legislation. Brown’s opponent, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, campaigned in favor of the overhaul efforts.

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