Anderson: ‘We are winning’

Rep. Eric Anderson, R-Priest Lake, said the nullification bill’s fiscal note is inaccurate, and that violates House rules. It estimates the state would save millions, and includes no estimate of costs for legal defense or loss of federal Medicaid funds. Rep. Vito Barbieri, R-Dalton Gardens, the bill’s lead sponsor, responded, “The cost of defending the state’s citizens is minimal in comparison to the costs of implementing this plan.”

Anderson said he personally believes the federal health-care law is unconstitutional. “But this is the second round of a three-round fight, in my opinion,” he said. “We already are in the middle of a nullification, and that nullification is going through … the proper channels of the court system. We are appealing. We are winning. … We are winning, folks.”