Fwd: News Alert: Federal Judge Invalidates Key Provision of Health Care Law

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> Breaking News Alert
> The New York Times
> Mon, December 13, 2010 -- 12:24 PM ET
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> Federal Judge Invalidates Key Provision of Health Care Law
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> A federal district judge in Virginia ruled on Monday that the
> keystone provision in the Obama health care law is
> unconstitutional, becoming the first court in the country to
> invalidate any part of the sprawling act and insuring that
> appellate courts will receive contradictory opinions from
> below.
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> Judge Henry E. Hudson declined to freeze implementation of
> the law pending appeal, meaning that there should be no
> immediate effect of his decision. But the ruling is likely to
> create confusion among the public and further destabilize
> political support for the law.
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> Judge Hudson wrote that the law's central requirement that
> most Americans obtain health insurance exceeds the regulatory
> authority granted to Congress under the Commerce Clause of
> the Constitution. The insurance mandate is central because
> insurers say they cannot afford treatment for expensive
> chronic conditions unless healthy people have policies as
> well.
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