U.S. Health-Care Law’s Mandate Thrown Out by Judge – Bloomberg.
Judge Henry Hudson of U.S. District Court in Richmond Virginia has struck down a central requirement of Obamacare which was set to go into effect in 2014. The commerce clause does not give government authority to force a person to buy health care insurance, or anything else.
There are a series of court challenges to Obamacare by 20 states (so far), and this defeat for the administration marks a significant first blow to the government takeover of one sixth of the economy.
This district court decision defended Virginia’s Health Care Freedom Act which barred forcing citizens to purchase health care insurance.
