Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, who was among the first to challenge the constitutionality of the mandated health insurance provisions of the health care reform legislation, won a major round today as Judge Henry Hudson agreed that forcing Americans to purchase health care insurance exceeds the constitutional authority of Congress.
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But under the current versions of the health care legislation, the insurance on the exchanges would be more generous than what Medicare provides.
We think that the way exchanges are structured and other components of the legislation will increase the amount of choice and competition that people have in picking health insurance.
The SHOP is a key part of the legislation that will allow small businesses to buy more affordable health insurance on the health insurance exchange instead of going through one broker.
Thirty-two people -- 32 million people are going to have health insurance because of this legislation.
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You guessed it. 60% of those polled object to the legislation requiring that everyone who does not have health insurance be forced to buy it.
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Appellants have not argued that health care and health insurance are uniquely state concerns, and decades of established federal legislation in these areas suggest the contrary.
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To be fair there have been credit card reform, children's health insurance -- there have been a series of pieces of legislation passed by this President that enjoy bipartisan support.
Oh yes, and given the demonstrated link between having health insurance and living longer, it may also be a pretty powerful piece of pro-life legislation.
This was not the intent of the reform legislation and was, in fact, one of the primary reasons why the law seeks to mandate that all Americans have health insurance.
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