The lawsuit against the health care overhaul filed Tuesday by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is focused on a provision that
has long been advocated by conservatives, big business and the insurance industry.
The lawsuit by McCollum, a candidate for governor, [
] and 12 other attorneys general, focuses on the provision that virtually all Americans will need to have health insurance by 2014 or face penalties.
The lawsuit calls this an "unprecedented encroachment on the liberty of individuals." It states the Constitution doesn't authorize such a mandate, the proposed tax penalty is unlawful and is an "unprecedented encroachment on the sovereignty of the states."
"The truth is this is a Republican idea," said Linda Quick, president of the South Florida Hospital and Healthcare Association.
Health bill included big Republican idea: individual mandate - Politics AP - MiamiHerald.com (http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/24/1544396/that-health-mandate-gop-is-suing.html - broken link)
Cant quote the whole thing but very interesting article.
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