Does the Health Care Freedom Act enable Pennsylvania to block any kind of federal health reform?
A. No. The primary goal of the Health Care Freedom Act is to prevent the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from enacting an individual or employer mandate, or prohibiting patients from paying directly for medical services. Similarly, the Health Care Freedom Act would not attempt to block implementation of any federal law as long as the federal law does not require an individual/employer mandate, or forbid patients from paying directly for medical services. The Health Care Freedom Act also does not preclude citizens from voluntarily joining the proposed federal “public plan” or “national health insurance exchange.” Q. What happens if a federal law is passed that challenges the Health Care Freedom Act? A. If there is a clash between federal law and the Health Care Freedom Act, there will be litigation. But this is a legal battle that has been fought before and won before. We recognize that the Supremacy Clause renders federal law as the law of the land. However, states may provide stronger pr
