Judge: Health Care Reform Illegal

In a big loss for the Obama administration, a federal judge has thrown out the entire health care reform law. Judge Roger Vinson in Florida found today that the requirement in the law that all Americans buy health insurance or pay a fine “exceeds Congress’ power” under the Commerce Clause. Vinson rules that the rest of the health care law cannot stand on its own. A judge in Virginia last month came to a similar conclusion about the individual mandate. But today’s ruling goes further; the Virginia ruling allowed the rest of the law to stand while the individual mandate was challenged/ Ariane de Vogue , ABC News. More here .

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