Health Care

Tulsa World: Tulsa GOP moves further Right at Convention Saturday

The measures included a state party rule change to be proposed at next month's state convention requiring censure hearings for Republican officeholders who do not adhere to "core principles" that include the unconstitutionality of all gun regulations and the belief that life is the result of "an act between a man and a woman," and begins at the moment of fertilization. The proposed rule also would require elected Republicans to work for "drastic" reductions in taxes and mandatory fees. "This could be big," said delegate Molly McKay, who later in the convention was elected county vice chairman without opposition. "This could be the biggest thing since we repealed slavery."

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Okie Doak on O’FallinCare? — Nope Say Some at Tulsa Country Club

Recent protest outside of the Tulsa Country Club, while Insurance Commissioner Doak and Governor Mary Fallin spoke inside on the benefits of implementing Obamacare through health exchanges in Oklahoma. Some did not agree and greeted the people coming to be wined and dined inside.

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Tulsa World: GOP rips Fallin over health-care bill

Source article Tulsa World March 24, 2011 (to read complete article and comments) OKLAHOMA By WAYNE GREENE World Senior Writer Published: 3/24/2011  2:28 AM Last Modified: 3/24/2011  8:01 AM Gov. Mary Fallin: “Without an Oklahoma exchange, the state is virtually guaranteed to be subject to a federally run, Washington D.C. substitute.” Gov. Mary Fallin is being criticized [...]

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Nullification: Are States Sitting Ducks or Willing Accomplices?

This is Part 5 in an ongoing series about the concept of nullification by states; the idea that individual states can declare a federal law or regulation unconstitutional, and therefore, refuse to implement it. See FOOTNOTE section for links to Parts 1 – 4 and additional supporting information.1 (See the far right sidebar for making [...]

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Fallin-Failing, begs lawmakers to pass Obamacare enabling bill

Kaye Beach March 24, 2011 54 Million Dollars from the federal government for what?!: On Friday, Feburary 25, 2011 OK Governor Mary Fallin issued a press release announcing ”Oklahoma Will Accept $54 M “Early Innovator Grant” to Support Oklahoma-B...

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Nullification Measures Not Stopping Health Care Implementation (Think Idaho)

This is an ongoing series about the issue of nullification. For Part 1, click HERE. For Part 2, click HERE. Idaho may be the best example of an action by a state to nullify the health care law. Both houses of the State Legislature passed and Governor Otter signed into law a measure which many [...]

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Nullification NOT the Answer for Health Care (or anything else)

This is the first installment in a series about nullification. On March 21, 2010 – I stood on an improvised stage (the back of a pickup truck) located between the State Capitol and the Governor’s mansion at GiN’s flash rally “Kill or Nullify the Bill!”. Throughout the preceding two week period, it had become clear [...]

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Health Care Lawsuits: Judge Stays Order, Gives Feds 7 Days to Appeal

dis·in·gen·u·ous Adjective /ˌdisinˈjenyo͞oəs Synonyms: adjective: insincere, false, devious, hollow-hearted Not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does This definition of the word “disingenuous” should be accompanied by a direct link to the Motion to Clarify the U.S. Justice Department recently sought from Judge Vinson in the [...]

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Fighting Healthcare while Implementing It??? Pah-leeeze

On Friday, Feburary 25, 2011 OK Governor Mary Fallin issued a press release announcing ”Oklahoma Will Accept $54 M “Early Innovator Grant” to Support Oklahoma-Based Health Insurance Exchange.” Noticably missing from the announcement is the fact that the “Early Innovators” grants are to fund implementation of the Information Technology (IT) infrastructure needed to operate Health Insurance Exchanges, a cornerstone of [...]

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