Georgia State Sen. Judson Hill Fights Non-Existent Threat

Georgia State Senator Judson Hill and his fellow Republicans are promoting a bill in the state’s legislature to fight the proposed federal health care option because: “We don’t want a one-size-fits-all government plan thrust down our throat and to be penalized or forced or to have it forced upon us.” However, nothing of the sort has ever been proposed by the Obama administration or Congressional Democrats.

Hill is doing this, he told Fox News on Sunday, to “protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of all Georgians to be able to choose a health care provider, if they want, or choose their own health insurance plan.” Hill failed to mention that the Democratic plan doesn’t prevent anyone in any state from choosing a health care provider or a health insurance plan.

The public insurance option is just that: an option, intended to be used by those who have none. Other reforms proposed would limit an insurer’s ability to deny coverage to those with pre-existing conditions, along with requirements for continued coverage if an insured person becomes ill.

Hill even seemed to acknowledge the transparently deceptive nature of his argument. “We really don’t know what’s gonna come out of Washington, D.C., so that’s the purpose of this amendment,” he admitted.