Opponents of the U.S. health care law scored a victory for their cause in mid-December when a Virginia-based federal judge became the first to invalidate a section of the legislation.
Judge Henry E. Hudson ruled the condition in the law that requires most Americans to acquire their own health insurance was unconstitutional, stating that the bill oversteps the bounds of the Commerce Clause, which allows Congress limited regulatory authority.
Mayor Craig Lowe said he was not surprised that the ruling posed concerns about the law.
With any groundbreaking piece of legislation, changes, Lowe said, are to be expected.
“As you enter new ground, you’re going to find ways that a particular program can be improved for the benefit of the country, and I think this is certainly an example of that,” Lowe said.
Fletcher Baldwin Jr., director of the Center for International Financial Crimes Studies and professor of law emeritus at UF’s Levin College of Law, said the law’s fate will ultimately be a matter for the Supreme Court to decide.
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