7 States: We'll sue to stop health care reform package, but we will still take it's subsidies

[ck4829]

More than half a dozen states suing to overturn President Barack Obama's health care law are also claiming its subsidies for covering retired state government employees, according to a list released Tuesday by the administration.

About 2,000 employers have been approved for the extra help to cover early retirees, mainly private businesses. But the list also includes seven states suing to overturn the health care overhaul as an unconstitutional power grab by the federal government.

The seven are Arizona, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska and Nevada.

They are part of a group of 20 states that have challenged the law's requirement for most Americans to carry health insurance or face fines from the IRS. They argue that the government cannot order individuals to buy a particular product. The administration counters that the mandate falls within broad powers conferred on Congress to regulate interstate commerce.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_playing_both_sides

Pfft! I don't need your regulations or your money. (pockets money and walks away)

[tinymontgomery]

1. Okay, don't follow the regs, don't take the money.

Just like race to the top, don't want the money, don't apply. Don't follow the regs, no money.

[notadmblnd]

2. The Michigan attorney general who is a repub and was running in the primary for Gov

it was his attempt to get votes from the nutbaggers. Hopefully now that he's lost, he'll give up the stupid idea of suing.

[TNDemo]

3. Thank heavens only one southern state...

:)