The Ohio Project is a grassroots effort of Ohio citizens to bring a proposed state constitutional amendment to Ohio's November ballot in order to preserve the freedom of Ohioans to individually choose their health care and health insurance. The amendment, drafted by the 1851 Center for Constitutional Law, would protect Ohioans from the financial burdens of complying with new federal mandates and from the fines or penalties resulting from non-compliance. In short, it protects Ohioans' freedom to choose. The amendment also prohibits government from barring the purchase or sale of health care or health care insurance.

This Amendment does nothing to influence or interfere with voluntary insurance and health care arrangements, whether between you and your doctor, you and your insurer, or you and your employer, other than to protect them from being supplanted by the federal government preemption of the health care and health care insurance field.

This Amendment explicitly does not interfere with state, federal, and locals laws and programs — including Medicare, Medicade, and workers compensation programs — that were in place on or before March 19, 2010, the day before the federal Patient Protection and Affordability Act was passed by the U.S. Congress.

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Ohio Region	Coordinator Name	Email	Phone
Northeast	Patricia Paridon	This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it	330-530-2062
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Southwest	Jim Lewis	This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it	513-305-9970

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What is the Ohio Healthcare Freedom Amendment?

The Ohio Liberty Council, a statewide coalition of 40 grassroots groups, has submitted a proposed state constitutional amendment that will “preserve the freedom of Ohioans to choose their health care and health care coverage.” The amendment, drafted by the 1851 Center for Constitutional Law, would protect Ohioans from the financial burdens and individual mandates contained in the new federal health care measure passed by Congress.

Twenty-six state legislatures have introduced bills to propose constitutional amendments to block the individual mandates contained in the new federal regulations, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Ohio's filing by the Ohio Liberty Council, however,is the nation’s first citizen-initiated action.

“The Ohio Liberty Council seeks to preserve the freedom of Ohioans to choose their health care and health care coverage,” said Ohio Liberty Council President Chris Littleton. “With the passage of untenable national mandates on health insurance, the federal government is trampling on the direct constitutional authority and responsibility of state legislatures. This constitutional amendment will do what our leaders in the Statehouse and Congress have failed to do – protect Ohioans from federal mandates on personal behavior.”

“The health care reform bill’s requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage essentially asserts that if you are alive, you must buy health insurance that is acceptable to the federal government. However, the mere act of being alive is not commerce that can be regulated by the federal government,” said 1851 Center Executive Director Maurice Thompson. “Accordingly, the legislation is constitutionally tenuous, and will take a backseat to our constitutional amendment, which upon enactment, will be a fundamental right amongst all Ohioans.”

The amendment provides that:

In Ohio, no law or rule shall compel, directly or indirectly, any person, employer, or health care provider to participate in a health care system;
In Ohio, no law or rule shall prohibit the purchase or sale of health care or health insurance; and
In Ohio, no law or rule shall impose a penalty or fine for the sale or purchase of health care or health insurance.

The amendment does not:

Affect laws or rules in effect as of March 19, 2010;
Affect which services a health care provider or hospital is required to perform or provide;
Affect terms and conditions of government employment; and
Affect any laws calculated to deter fraud or punish wrongdoing in the health care industry.

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Latest Message: 1 week, 1 day ago

Alexandria : Hey 2364- That's ARMEY - and he's just one of millions of us who are trying to hold politicians to the constitution. There is no room for crude language, lying, distortion, or equivocating. This is about YOUR freedom, you know. We are even working for YOU.
guest_2364 : Are you effen kidding me!!! Dick Army a man of change running the Tea Party? How effen stupid are you people? Or are you all just liars?
Laura Rosenb : We got 1800 signatures at the Clark County Fair. Almost 1500 were from Clark. The county fair is the way to go. Get a booth and bring em' in!
Jason Mihali : @guest_8394: Why target freedom of choice? Why not leave your name?
guest_8394 : Why target childhood cancer survivors?
John Mc : WOW, Very productive weekend up here in Lucas County.
Jason Mihali : Deb Lanatta in Franklin County is organizing the Beck/OReilly event. Her contact info is on the 'Find a Coordinator' page.
SarahC : Who is coordinating volunteers for Beck/O'Reilly event June 18?
John Mc : Call into your database list - do NOT leave messages keep calling back until you talk to a person - BE PERSISTANT, You will get 1 signature per call and we are averaging 1 new Volunteer for every five calls. John Mc NW Coordinator
John Mc : I gave everyone several pages from the Lucas County Pre-Register list and told them to call everyone No answer machines allowed, you must talk to a person ..... Hers the response from one of my Volunteers: we have our four pages of calls nearly done. Do you have more lists I can pick up to make more calls? We are getting a great response - that was a brilliant strategy
guest_5115 : I would like to see the insurance industry completely out of the health care picture. Imagine the good that could be done if all the money spent on insurance admin., payroll, overhead, etc. & etc. could actually be spent on health care services. All those billions of dollars would be freed up to provide actual health care!
guest_1397 : We really need some free PR...has anyone tried to get Beck to give us 5 minutes on the radio? I suggest we all email and beg him for help.
guest_3235 : re: guest_4466, spoken like a true imputent teenager.
guest_4466 : The only real way to cut health care costs is to cut what is provided. Tort reform, competing across state lines, etc.--only a drop in a big bucket! Forget "Don't pull the plug on Grandma!" She should't be "plugged in" in the first place. Let nature take its course--Life is 100% fatal!
guest_8250 : Last evening and today I got over 45 sigs! Went door-to-door and collected sigs before and after church.
Corey LeRoux : I'm encouraged! Let's step it up and show the people of Ohio that we CAN make a difference!
John Mc : I printed out the Database for Lucas County (30 pages) I gave each volunteer one page and told them they had until Tuesday to call every person on their page. As a Demo, One of the Volunteers handed me their page and I called one of the names on the list, I asked them to come over and sign the petition and become a Circulator. 1/2 hour later, that person showed up to the Applause of everone in the room. Call everyone on the database, they don't know we're up and running.
Jason Mihali : A sign that has been very effective for people at tables: STOP FORCED HEALTHCARE
guest_8397 : Post your events so people know where to go to sign - check the volunteer listing to recruit. It's summer - check out local festivals - always carry several petitions with you and just ASK ASK ASK
guest_4250 : I can't believe that more people are not using the event page to publicize their events & activities. What a great place to get ideas!
guest_1962 : Do you know what the current total is? Do we really only have 26,000?
guest_2032 : We give each signer small handouts, the size of a business card, letting them know to send family & friends to our park signings 2 times a week. On the otherside of the handout is TheOhioProject information.
guest_2032 : A great place to get sigs is at the DMV-a steady stream of new people
Barb Momyer : This Sunday my husband and I arrive 1/2 hour early for church. Parked at the entrance to the parking lot and put signs on the front & back of our vehicle and as people arrived we pointed to the "Stop Forced Healthcare" sign - ended up with 27 signatures from two counties. Our church is pretty small.
Jason Mihali : Yes, we need all hands on deck to collect signatures at the O'Reilley/Beck event.
Katrena (Tre : Make sure you have you Petitions where ever you go make every place an opportunity to get Signatures
guest_9817 : Will we be allowed to collect signatures when Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck come to Columbus on June 18?
John Mc : Licking County: Al Hyslip Primary Phone: 740-404-6290 Secondary Phone: 740-763-2827 E-mail - ahyslip@windstream.net
guest_3009 : Still cannot locate a local coordinate in Licking to take my filled out petitions to. Who might that be or how best to mail them in?
Jason Mihali : @guest_9459: We are going to be releasing some short one line reports we are hearing from the various regions.
guest_9459 : Is there a way to update the site with how many signatures have been tallied so far? The preregister tally could be used??
John Mc : Worked the Mud Hens game on Friday Night in Toledo. Thank you Cheryl and all those that came up from Hancock County to help. This is Bid D Territory, but the message is starting to get out.
Jason Mihali : Steve ... how many did you get?
SteveFrasure : We gathered signatures yesterday May 22 and today May 23 and the Tiffin Flea Market.
guest_4617 : We collected signatures at our church today!
guest_2293 : Could we post under 'Where to Sign the Petition' an invite to those who visit the site or have registered to call their county coordinator if they would like to volunteer at tables / booths and / or join us in collecting signatures?
Adam Ladrach : Post your collection ideas here.