Wie bereits in der Vergangenheit auf unserem Blog berichtet, stellen diverse amerikanische Bundesstaaten die Verfassungsmäßigkeit der amerikanischen Gesundheitsreform weiterhin in Frage.

On October 14, 2010, Judge Roger Vinson of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida ruled that U.S. states can proceed with a lawsuit seeking to overturn President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare reform law.

The Florida case is one of more than 15 legal challenges to the health care law that are aiming for an ultimate hearing before the United States Supreme Court. Last week, a federal judge in Michigan became the first to rule on the merits, deciding that the insurance requirement was constitutional.

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