Yes you read that correctly. Chip Rogers, a GOP State Senator from Georgia, went on Fox to promote a proposed amendment to Georgia's Constitution, banning the Federal government from mandating you get/provide insurance or telling citizens they can no longer "get insurance form a doctor". Apparently in Georgia they don't have insurance companies, who knew?
I can't get the video to publish but you can watch it here
I think it is is interesting to look at this proposal more carefully. What would this amendment really prevent the Federal government from providing to Georgia:
Medicare- So why do you want to kill my Grandma, Chip?
The Veterans Administration- What do you have against our troops, Chip? Anti-American Bastard!
SCHIP- Chip, Why do you want children to have no health insurance?
Medicaid- Poor people vote Democrat anyway, right Chip?
Federal Tax incentives to provide health insurance- Why do you hate small business so much, Chip?
When confronted by the Atlanta Journal Constitution on whether his proposal would ban Medicare he said:
That’s a good question. I don’t know yet. We’ll fight that battle when it comes before us.
Really? you're going to fight to kick old people out of their health care insurance! What a courageous politician you are. If our side fought as hard to get everyone health care as you fight to kick everyone off, this issue would have been decided before the August recess.
Off course the GOP doesn't want to kick people off Medicare/Medicaid. Not because they are moral but because that would be political suicide. Cosponsor of the Amendment, Judson Hill, (R-Marietta) later clarified their position:
“This constitutional amendment enables Georgians, who qualify, to continue to have the freedom to participate in government health care plans such as Medicaid, Medicare and Peachcare. We are not challenging the constitutionality of any existing government subsidized health care. This clarifies any comment which might imply otherwise.
So riddle me this GOP, if it is ok for Government to provide health care for the elderly, poor, children, and soldiers/veterans, what makes it so unconstitutional to provide it for the 50 million uninsured?