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As Health Care 'Reformers' Regroup, Path to Solution Gathers Support
January 22, 2010As the Obama Administration and the Washington D.C. forces pushing changes to American health care seek new alternatives in the wake of Scott Brown's game-changing victory in Massachusetts, one pathway to health care reform continues to gain momentum: the Health Care Freedom Act, modeled after the Arizona ballot initiative of the same name. The Act, written in 2006 by Phoenix orthopedic surgeon Dr. Eric Novack, chairman of Arizonans for Health Care Freedom, has already qualified for the 2010 ballot in Novack's home state. And in recent days, Colorado became the 32nd state to see a grassroots effort form behind a constitutional amendment to protect citizens' health care options. Full release.