A Michigan federal judge on Thursday upheld the federal government's authority to require everyone to have health insurance, dealing a setback to groups seeking to block the new national health care plan. A Christian legal group and four individual plaintiffs had sued, claiming lawmakers exceeded their power under the Constitution's commerce clause. A Justice Department spokeswoman said the ruling "marks the first time a court has considered the merits of any challenge to this law."
October 08, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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A federal judge on Thursday upheld the authority of the federal government to require everyone to have health insurance, dealing a setback to groups seeking to block the new national health care plan.
The ruling came in a lawsuit filed in Michigan by a Christian legal group and four people who claimed lawmakers exceeded their power under the Constitution’s commerce clause.
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