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Last Updated on Friday, 19 March 2010 01:58 Written by rslcpol Friday, 19 March 2010 01:58
From Politico
Attorneys General Henry McMaster of South Carolina – who is head of a group of 19 GOP attorneys general that started threatening lawsuits in December – and Bill McCollum of Florida said Friday that they are planning legal action over a deal struck between Senate leadership and Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) paying for his state’s share for expanded Medicaid coverage, estimated at $100 million.
Democrats intend to remove the Nebraska provision from the Senate bill via reconciliation, but McMaster said Friday that he and McCollum intend to sue regardless of whether the item is removed.
If the provision is successfully removed, McMaster says he will sue over proposed health care mandates, which he claims violate state sovereignty.