"Christian" law firm plans to challenge expanded health coverage

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And the Lord said, "I cannot heal your pre-existing condition."



from the American Family Association, which should be cheering expanded access to mental health services: :crazy:



ACLJ will challenge ObamaCare
Chad Groening - OneNewsNow - 3/25/2010 5:20:00


Yet another Christian law firm is preparing to possibly file a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the healthcare bill signed by President Obama on Tuesday.

The Thomas More Law Center has already filed a lawsuit challenging the healthcare bill's constitutionality. In a similar vein, Jordan Sekulow -- director of international operations with the American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ) -- says his firm is concerned about the individual mandate requirement in the bill.

"For the first time, the government will require that individuals purchase something from private corporations, private insurance companies," he notes, "We're looking right now at the aspects of representing both individuals and members of Congress to challenge that individual mandate, because I think that's what's most important."

Sekulow points out that liberals are not happy with the mandate clause because they think it provides a bailout for insurance companies.

"Here you have a purely Democrat plan that requires an individual to buy something from those insurance companies, that Democrats criticize so much with little regulation over what they have to change," he regards. "So you're not just hearing this from conservatives who are upset, but also from the left as well who's upset at how this enables the insurance companies and really bails them out."

The ACLJ spokesman expects there will be significant and real challenges throughout the courts, and he believes the American people will stay fired up because groups like the ACLJ are not letting this issue go by the wayside.


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