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Virginia legislature passes bill barring mandatory individual health coverage

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] The Virginia General Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill that will ban any federal mandate for individuals to have health insurance. The bill, called the Virginia Health Care Freedom Act, is the first of its kind passed by any state, and says that no individual shall be held liable if they refuse to sign up for health care. Governor Robert McDonnell has said that he will sign the bill into law. About 30 other states are working on a similar measure to negate the widely expected federal mandate for health insurance. Last month, President Barack Obama released his own health care proposal that seeks to reconcile versions of the bill passed by the House and Senate last year. In December, 13 state attorney generals threatened to sue unless a provision in the Senate bill exempting Nebraska from much of its health care costs was removed. Obama has argued that the legislation would overhaul private health insurance and provide affordable care for millions of Americans while Republicans have said they would block the bill because it was too expensive and would compel people to buy health insurance.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on March 11, 2010 (boomark / email).