HR3590 Health Care Bill & Government Health Insurance

The ink was practically not even dry on the health care reform law when states filed a lawsuit challenging what it stood for. And on Friday, Reuters reported that Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum announced via a news conference that the lawsuit has been amended and filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida on Friday.

The amendment will now include seven states that were not named in the initial complaint, as well as the National Federation of Independent Business. The NFIB is said to be the “leading representative” of small business organizations in the country.

The inclusion of the NFIB was explained during the news conference by the head of its small business legal center, Karen Harned. Harned expressed that the NFIB viewed the law as unconstitutional and “bad for business,” stating further that the government has “simply gone too far” in its adoption of this law.

Harned explains that the current health care law was unable to meet what is expected of it, which was to address high healthcare insurance costs. She said, however, that “after all the political deals were made, small businesses were left with a law that does little to address costs and instead is filled with new mandates, taxes and paperwork requirements that increase the cost of doing business.”

Twenty states are included in the lawsuit, headed by Florida; it was filed mostly by Republican Attorneys General. McCollum also stated that the government should not force Americans to buy health care coverage or be subjected to tax penalties.