Another judge has struck down the Obama administration’s sweeping health care reform law. So far two federal judges have ruled in favor of the law’s legality, while two have ruled it unconstitutional. Twenty-six states’ attorneys general brought this latest lawsuit and it’s unclear how the ruling will be interpreted in each of them. This time Judge Rodger Vinson, of Federal District Court in Pensacola, Florida ruled that the mandate to buy health insurance was so intertwined with the rest of the law that the entire act was unconstitutional.
Kevin Sack, national correspondent for The New York Times says the implications of the ruling will be downright confusing in the coming days. We’ll have to wait and see how governors from various states start interpreting the ruling and how the Obama administration counters it. Todd Zwillich, Takeaway Washington correspondent helps to clarify the latest.
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