Healthcare Industry News
Factbox States and U.S. healthcare reform
Saturday, 20, March 2010
The plan provides funding to help states through the overhaul of the healthcare industry, which would include requiring Americans to have health insurance and push more people into the Medicaid system for the poor that states and the U.S. government administer.Some states may sue if the healthcare plan passes, while others are attempting to pass their own laws and constitutional amendments to keep health insurance optional. Below are some of the steps they are taking:
At least 36 state legislatures are weighing legislation to limit, alter or oppose the federal healthcare reform, and 26 of those are considering amending their state constitutions by ballot. Arizonans will vote on an amendment in November.Virginia was the first state to react legislatively, by enacting a statute entitled "health insurance coverage not required."Idaho Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter signed a bill on Wednesday allowing the state's attorney general to file a lawsuit opposing federal healthcare legislation requiring individuals to buy medical insurance.
