The government argues in a memo supporting the motion to dismiss that the Commerce Clause grants Congress the authority to enforce the provision. The memo also calls Virginia’s lawsuit “an attempt to vindicate its own sovereign interest in a recently enacted statue purporting to exempt Virginians from any federal requirement to purchase health insurance,” according to the report.
Thirteen states have filed separate similar lawsuits against healthcare reform.
Read the AHA News Now report on Virginia’s healthcare reform lawsuit.
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