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Liberty University's Challenge Of Health Care Law Dismissed
Posted on 1 Dec 2010 by Cheryl Keely

LYNCHBURG, Va. - (Mealey's) A Virginia federal judge on Nov. 30 dismissed a lawsuit brought by group of plaintiffs in Virginia, including a private Christian university, challenging the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care... Read More

Tags: Eric Holder , Jeff Helgeson , U.S. Attorney General , Martha A. Neal , Michele G. Wadell , Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act , Hilda L. Solis , U.S. Treasury , Liberty University Inc. v. Timothy Geithner , Health Care Reform , Mary T. Bendorf , Pausanias Alexander , Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals , Obama , Kathy Byron , Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act , secretary of Labor , Health and Human Services , PPACA , Litigation , Insurance , Joanne V. Merrill , Kathleen Sebelius , lawsuit , Dr. David Stein , Timothy Geithner , Judge Norman K. Moons , Liberty University

Arkansas Plaintiffs Move To Dismiss Lawsuit Challenging Health Care Reform Act
Posted on 8 Sep 2010 by Cheryl Keely

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - (Mealey's) Arkansas residents challenging the recently passed Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (PPACA) on Sept. 8 in Arkansas federal court moved to dismiss their class action complaint without prejudice ( Jeannie... Read More

Tags: Eric Holder , U.S. Department of Health and Human Services , U.S. Department of Labor , Jeannie Burlsworth , Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act , secretary of Health and Human Services , Hilda L. Solis , Health Care Reform , Health Insurance , class action , U.S. Department of the Treasury , Jeannie Burlsworth v. Eric Holder , secretary of Labor , PPACA , Litigation , Kathleen Sebelius , lawsuit , Eric H. Holder Jr. , secretary of the Treasury , Todd Sharp , Timothy F. Geithner

Constitutional Challenge To Insurance Requirement Of Health Care Reform Act Dismissed
Posted on 8 Oct 2010 by Cheryl Keely

DETROIT - (Mealey's) A Michigan federal judge on Oct. 7 dismissed a constitutional challenge to the health insurance mandate/federal income tax penalty of the Health Care Reform Act, saying Congress has a right to try to eliminate cost-shifting by... Read More

Tags: Commerce Clause , Thomas More Law Center , Equal Protection , health care , Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act , health insurance provision , due process , U.S. Constitution , Judge George Caram Steeh , Salina Hyder , Health Care Reform Act , Fifth Amendment , Obama , Jann DeMars , Litigation , Insurance , 10th Amendment , lawsuit , Thomas More Law Center v. Barack Hussein Obama , U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan , uninsured Americans , John Ceci , states' rights , Steven Hyder , Congress