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Judge to rule against Kentucky Christians

By: davidadamsinky (Diary)  |  June 22nd, 2012 at 09:51 AM  | 

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A Kentucky judge is about to send thousands of Christians scrambling for new health coverage when he finds a religious health sharing group in contempt of a court order.

Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate said through a spokesperson that his ruling on a Department of Insurance motion to find Christian Care Medishare in contempt of court will come soon.

Wingate has no choice but to rule against Kentucky Christians under state law and despite an exemption for such groups in the federal ObamaCare law.

The solution to this mess is to change Kentucky law in favor of health care freedom right away.

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  • lineholder

    Can you restructure this diary, please? The words are extending to the right and the diary can’t be read.

    And if you will, please post a link to your source in the diary as well. It will help those of us who want to follow up on the information have a chance to do so.

    Thanks!

  • davidadamsinky

    Fixed it. This is original reporting, so there is no outside source to link to. I spoke to the spokesperson myself and will provide additional details as I get them.

    Thanks for your interest. Kentucky is unique in that we have a constitutional prohibition against arbitrary power in government. Given the arbitrary nature of state regulation of health insurance, I think we might be able to overturn the whole idea of government regulating health insurance here. It’s a long shot, but worth trying. I hope other states will question why governent regulates health insurance. They often claim it’s about consumer protection and keeping rates low, but an objective analysis would surely reject both of those claims as long-since failed efforts.

    Post-ObamaCare, deregulation needs to be a part of the discussion. Just trying to get the ball rolling.

  • lineholder

    Let us know as you find out more.

  • davenj1

    Can you provide more background to this case? Certainly there are links to Kentucky newspapers for this information. I mean, are the hands of the judge tied here? Is this some rogue judge? What are the facts?

  • davidadamsinky

    And thank you for your interest.

    http://www.redstate.com/davidadamsinky/2012/06/12/anti-obamacare-christians-need-help-in-kentucky/

    http://www.redstate.com/davidadamsinky/2012/06/14/commonwealth-of-kentucky-v-christians-begins/

    http://www.redstate.com/davidadamsinky/2012/06/19/post-obamacare-kentucky-could-lead-the-way/