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American Legislative Exchange Council ALEC
Legislators Say Federal Health Reform Efforts Trample States’ Rights
July 11th, 2009
Federal efforts to establish a Medicare-modeled "public plan" and a national health insurance exchange would trample states' rights and lead Americans down the road to single-payer health care, said the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a nonpartisan organization of 1,800 state legislators nationwide. ALEC's lawmakers approved the Resolution on Preserving States' Rights Regarding Federal Health Insurance Exchanges and a Public Plan, which deems the public plan anti-competitive and calls the proposed national health insurance exchange a "federal takeover" of the states' role in regulating health insurance. "The government will never...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-07-11)
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