Drive's goal would be to make overhaul unconstitutional in Miss.
Building on three successful petition drives to let voters decide key conservative issues, some Republican lawmakers now want to use the state's ballot initiative process to take on the federal health care overhaul.
The latest initiative would amend the Mississippi Constitution to state "a law or rule shall not compel participation in any health care system or plan, nor impose any penalty for choosing to obtain or decline health care coverage or for participating in any particular health care system or plan."
"We want to protect our citizens from un-Constitutional mandates from the federal government," said Rep. Alex Monsour, a Vicksburg Republican who is one of the petition sponsors.
House Public Health Committee Chairman Steve Holland, D-Plantersville, said he thinks those who support the health care initiative are "very misguided."
"I hope it falls flat on its face," he said.
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