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January 19, 2011
Six More States Join Florida's Federal Lawsuit Challenging the Constitutionality of Obama's Socialized Medicine
Six states join health care reform challenge
South Florida Business Journal
Six more states are joining Florida’s federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of health care reform.
With the addition of Iowa, Ohio, Kansas, Wyoming, Wisconsin and Maine, 26 states are now challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which was signed into law by President Barack Obama in March.
That same month, then-Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum filed the original federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Treasury and the U.S. Department of Labor.
The National Federation of Independent Business joined the legal challenge in May.
“It sends a strong message that more than half of the states consider the health care law unconstitutional and are willing to fight it in court,” said new Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who is taking up where McCollum left off. “I look forward to continuing to defend Florida's families and businesses against this unconstitutional law and upholding the Constitution.”
The lawsuit challenges not only the law’s requirement that individuals purchase health insurance or face a penalty, but also its substantial and costly Medicaid expansion.
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Wild Thing's comment.........
Great news! Hopefully more shall join as the battle starts in the House.
Posted by Wild Thing at January 19, 2011 04:40 AM
Comments
WOW.... 27 red and blue states, eh? Imagine that?
Posted by: darthcrUSAderworldtour07 at January 19, 2011 10:10 AM
