Editorial: Vote no on Amendment 3, Proposition E : Stltoday

Editorial: Vote no on Amendment 3, Proposition E : Stltodayic

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Proposition E is a legislative attempt to rile up partisan opposition to President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, by changing state law to fix a nonexistent problem.

The proposition would make it illegal for the governor to unilaterally impose a state health exchange on Missourians. Guess what? The governor can't do that, and despite ridiculous allegations made by some Republicans, Mr. Nixon never tried to do so.

Critics were right when they accused Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, a Democrat, of playing politics with the wording of the proposition. She did. But that didn't make the intention of the partisans who put it on the ballot any less of a waste of time.

Proposition E is meaningless. If Republicans take the White House and Congress, and follow through on plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act, it serves no purpose. If the act stands, as we believe it will and should, the Legislature will still maintain the power to design and pass the required state exchange itself. Ironically, the Republican dominated House already did that once, figuring that it's better for Missourians to design the state health exchange than have the federal government's model forced on the state. The only reason lawmakers didn't finish the job is so they could spend one more fall campaigning against Obamacare.
What a complete waste of time.

Vote no on Proposition E.