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Issue 3 to Preserve the Freedom of Ohioans to Choose Their Health Care and Health Care Coverage State of Ohio Proposed Constitutional Amendment - Majority Approval Required Pass: 2,268,470 / 65.58% Yes votes ...... 1,190,385 / 34.42% No votes
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PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION TO ADOPT SECTION 21 OF ARTICLE I OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO
The proposed amendment would provide that:
The proposed amendment would not: If approved, the amendment will be effective thirty days after the election.
SHALL THE AMENDMENT BE APPROVED?
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In support of the proposed amendment In opposition to the proposed amendment
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Arguments For Issue 3 | Arguments Against Issue 3 |
1. The freedom from being forced to purchase government-defined private health insurance is a fundamental right that should be embodied in the Ohio Bill of Rights.
2. Government must be prohibited from passing laws requiring purchase of health insurance coverage. 3. Ohioans should be able to vote on whether they want to be covered by government-defined health insurance.
| 1. Without required participation the entirety of the PPACA might be declared to be unconstitutional. Some consequences would be that insurance companies could continue to exclude people, including children, with preexisting medical conditions from getting health insurance coverage, and continue to impose annual and lifetime caps on health care coverage.
2. Exempting Ohioans from requirements of a federal law violates the U.S. Constitution and should be struck down by the Courts. 3. Changes the Ohio legislature has made to health insurance coverage since March 19, 2010 as well as future changes would be invalid. This would include needed changes to Medicaid, workers' compensation, and student health insurance.
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