Health Care Reform Hypocrisy: States Suing Government Willing To Claim Subsidies

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Health Care Reform Hypocrisy: States Suing Government Willing To Claim Subsidies From Law
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/31/health-care-reform-hypocr_1_n_700472.html

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 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

A spokeswoman said Indiana's Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels disapproves of Obama's overhaul, but will take advantage of specific provisions that benefit his state.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

1. Republican hypocrisy

knows no bounds whether we're talking about the much maligned stimulus and now HCR. :puke: