Six more states have joined the multi-state challenge, asking a federal judge in Florida to deem the health reform law passed last year unconstitutional.
Bill McCollum
Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Ohio, Wisconsin and Wyoming are joining the other 20 states in the suit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Florida by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum, according to media reports.
The challenge is one of more than 20 that have been filed since the Democratic Congress and President Barack Obama passed the law in March 2010.
Federal judges have ruled in three challenges so far, siding with the Obama Administration in two cases and with opponents in one. The latter case, filed in Virginia by Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, was formally appealed by U.S. Justice Department lawyers this week, where it will join another Virginia case, involving an appeal filed by Liberty University, that found the law constitutional. Legal experts expect both cases to be combined to ensure no conflicting rulings.
In the 26-state challenge, attorneys generals argue the individual mandate requiring Americans to buy insurance or face a penalty and the converting of Medicaid to a federal universal health program are unconstitutional.
The original states include Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, North Dakota, Nebraska, Nevada, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Washington state.
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