Health Care has been the talk of the town for a long period now and it seems it will take much more time now that Pennsylvania Representatives are standing firm regarding health care freedom.

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the nation’s largest nonpartisan individual membership association of state legislators, congratulates Pennsylvania State Representatives Matthew Baker and Curt Schroder for filing House Bills 2053 and 2179, which protect the right of individuals to make their own health care choices.

Joining thirty-one other states, Pennsylvania legislators have introduced, or will introduce, legislation modeled after ALEC’s Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act. Under the legislation, any state attempt to oblige an individual to purchase health insurance, or forbid an individual from purchasing services outside of the required health care system, would be rendered unconstitutional.

“Massachusetts enacted its disastrous individual mandate to thunderous bipartisan applause, and now leaders in Congress are set to wreak the same havoc on the rest of America. Today, Pennsylvania is standing up to say ‘no’ to these assaults on patients’ rights,” said Christie Herrera, director of ALEC’s Health and Human Services Task Force.

The Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act has already been filed or prefiled in 25 states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming.