Politics & Government

'Hands off My Health Care' Rally will be Tuesday at Missouri Capitol

Large list of public figures are scheduled to speak out against what they call President Barack Obama's "Health Care Takeover," including Eurekan and Floor Leader Tim Jones. The event is open to the public.

Americans for Prosperity–Missouri (AFP-MO) announced Monday that Speaker of the Missouri House Steve Tilley will join Tuesday's “Hands Off My Health Care” rally at 11:30 a.m. near the Missouri Capitol. Other speakers will include Milton Wolf, a practicing physician and President Obama’s cousin, Lt. Governor Peter Kinder, and other members of the state legislature, according to the AFP-MO news release.

The rally specifically will be held at Capitol Plaza Hotel, 415 West McCarty St. in Jefferson City, MO.

Missouri House of Representatives will hold a hearing at noon on Friday regarding Senate Bill 464, legislation that would require statutory authorization and would submit for voter approval any proposal to implement a health insurance exchange in Missouri.

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Floor Leader Tim Jones (R-) will carry the bill. It will be conducted in Hearing Room 5 in the House Health Insurance Committee.

“We are very happy Representative Tilley is joining our rally and making clear his support for health care freedom,” stated Patrick Werner, AFP state director in the release. “We hope his presence will encourage the rest of the Missouri House to quickly pass SB 464 and help prevent Obama's health care takeover from coming to Missouri.”  

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The Missouri Hands Off My Health Care rally is being held in conjunction with a rally at the U.S. Capitol, organized by Americans for Prosperity. The rally at the U.S. Capitol will be simulcast at the Missouri rally, according to the release.

Missouri was the first state in the nation to publicly reject Obamacare when the state legislature in August 2010 overwhelmingly voted to exempt Missouri from the insurance mandate in the new health care law.   

While Missouri was first in its opposition, it has not been alone, according to AFP-MO spokespeople. Thousands of waivers have been applied for, and awarded by the Department of Health, exempting unions and corporations from the new health care law, stated the release.  

Scheduled rally speakers, according to the Monday release:       

  • Milton Wolf, physician, medical director, and President Obama’s cousin
  • Lt. Governor Peter Kinder 
  • Senator Shane Schoeller, Speaker Pro Tem       
  • Representative Steve Tilley, Speaker of the House
  • Senator Scott Rupp, sponsor of SB 464 (prevents health care exchange in Missouri)
  • Representative Keith Fredrick, orthopedic surgeon and only physician in Missouri House
  • Ed Martin, candidate for Attorney General and former Governor Blunt’s Chief of Staff
  • Bill Randels, candidate for governor, lawyer, and law school classmate of President Obama
  • Dave Spence, candidate for governor, entrepreneur, and businessman
  • John Brunner, candidate for U.S. Senate
  • William Federer, historian, author and nationally-known speaker
  • Elise Kostial, founder of Concerned Young Women for America of Missouri

Rally Co-Sponsors according to the release:

  • The Capitol Tea Party (Jefferson City)
  • Cape County Tea Party
  • Concerned Woman of America – Missouri
  • Cornerstone Conservative Coalition
  • Franklin Countywide Republican Club
  • K & N Patriots – Charles County
  • Missouri Conservative Coalition
  • Missouri Faith and Freedom Coalition
  • Missouri Young Republicans
  • Mizzou College Republicans
  • Organized Republican Conservatives of America (ORCA)
  • SW Missouri Conservative Network - Joplin
  • United For Missouri


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