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Tennessee House Passes 'Health Freedom Act'

By Associated Press

Nashville, TN – A proposal that would allow Tennesseans to opt out of the federal health care law is headed to the governor. Sponsors of the "Health Freedom Act" say the legislation doesn't argue for or against the federal law but just gives Tennesseans a choice. The new federal health care law requires Americans either to buy health insurance or pay a penalty, beginning in 2014.