State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, R-12th, the House State Government Committee majority chairman, again has called for Pennsylvania to oppose the creation of a state health exchange, as called for in the Affordable Health Care Act.

“State health exchanges are a blatant attack on taxpayers and a continued violation of our Constitutional rights,” Metcalfe said in a Nov. 16 news release.

“Pennsylvania needs to stand together with the states that have already opted out of the exchanges to protect our citizens’ freedoms and pockets from this accelerated spending nightmare,” he said.

In July 2012, Metcalfe signed on to a letter with over 40 members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives urging Gov. Tom Corbett to opt out of the state health insurance exchange and expanded Medicaid provisions.