LD1045 establishes the Maine Health Care Plan, which provides universal health care coverage to all residents of the state.
The Senate passed LD1045 on June 16, 2021, by a vote of 21 to 13. We have pluses to the nays because health care is not the legitimate object of government, nor should be under federal, state, or local jurisdiction in the United States. No state should compel its citizens to furnish taxpayer money for a government-run health care system or any other unconstitutional project in violation of the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment.
United States Constitution
Fifth Amendment
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
United States Constitution
Ninth Amendment
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
United States Constitution
14th Amendment Section 1
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
