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Texas Will File Legal Challenge To Health Care Reform Bill
Texas will join other states in mounting a legal challenge to the health care reform bill that the U.S. House sent to the president Sunday night.
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AUSTIN (March 22, 2010)—Texas and other states will mount a legal challenge to the sweeping health care reform bill that the U.S. House approved Sunday night, Attorney General Greg Abbott said Monday.
"The federal health care legislation passed (Sunday night) violates the United States Constitution and unconstitutionally infringes upon Texans' individual liberties,” Abbott said.
“To protect all Texans' constitutional rights, preserve the constitutional framework intended by our nation's founders, and defend our state from further infringement by the federal government, the State of Texas and other states will legally challenge the federal health care legislation."
House members voted 219-212 late Sunday to approve the health care overhaul, which would extend coverage to 32 million uninsured Americans and make other changes to the nation's health care system.
Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, and Rep. John Carter, R-Round Rock, both voted against the measure.
Carter said he’s talking with state attorneys general about challenging the measure “on grounds of multiple constitutional violations.”
"This bill is not just unconstitutional, but un-American at its core, and violates not just the law but basic human rights and liberties," Carter said. "
Gov. Rick Perry said the measure “had more to do with expanding socialism on American soil than it does fixing our health care finance and delivery systems.”
“As passed by the U.S. House, the bill will cost Texas taxpayers billions more, and drive our nation much deeper into debt,” Perry said.
“Congress's backroom deals and parliamentary maneuvers undermined the public trust and increased cynicism in our political process,” he said.
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst called the passage of the bill “a slap in the face to the clear majority of Texans and Americans, who demand real health care reform resulting from an open and transparent process and that truly fixes a broken system.”
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To angry German. The reason no one stood againsts car insurance is because if YOU hit me your insurance has to pay for my car. With the health insurance, if you dont take care of yourself it is no skin off my back. Or if you don't want to work and think of every excuse in the world not to, the why should I have to fork over money to cover you? I am against the health reform and very happy it is going to be challenged. It is not constitutional and the Federal government doesn't have the money to fund it so guess who has to pay?
Carolyn, it doesn't have to go through congress. It has to go through the courts. If the courts say it is unconstitutional, then the law is dead, and would need to be revised to pass constitutional muster, then re-passed by both houses. There is a question of whether or not the entire bill is dead, or just those points brought in the suits. And, how is it a scam to get your money, unless you mean the bill just passed? Also, there's a lot of smoke about the state’s ability to require auto insurance, yet fighting forced purchase of health insurance. Besides the difference in the privilege vs. right of driving allowing the state to mandate auto insurance, the 10th amendment (and the 9th, for that matter) provide that states have reserved to them, the rights not allowed the Fed. Gov't. Thus, the state has the right to require even health insurance, if it wants, (Short of the issues in the pending lawsuits) whereas the Fed. Gov’t is restricted from it, constitutionally.
