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‘The Price Increases Are A Downside Of President Barack Obama’s Health Care Law’   ‘Americans Could See Their Insurance Bills Double Next Year’   “Some Americans could see their insurance bills double next year as the health care overhaul law expands coverage to millions of people. The nation’s big health insurers say they expect premiums […]

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Amid A Chorus Of Pleas For ‘Fiscal Realism’ The President’s Left-Wing Allies Mobilize ‘Another Campaign’ To Prevent It   WASH POST: ‘Entitlement Reform Must Be On The Table’   WASHINGTON POST: “Entitlement Reform Must Be On The Table … no serious [debt-reduction plan] can exclude entitlements. With Republicans in control of the House and holding 45 votes […]

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I’ll say it again. If you don’t subscribe to the Cuccinelli Compass, you need to go here and sign up. This will give you a ringside seat at all of the important legal events that you will need to be aware of. Virginia’s Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has an open and honest view of most […]

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Despite President Obama’s Repeated Promises That His Health ‘Law Will Lower Premiums,’ Families And Employers Are Paying More   ‘Increase In Family Premiums’ ‘Tied To Provisions Of The Federal Health Care Overhaul’   “The health-insurance premiums paid by employers rose sharply this year, with the average annual cost of family coverage passing the $15,000 mark […]

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Virginia’s Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli sent out his opinion and view on the ruling that the 3 liberal judges on the 4th Circuit Court sent down. In short, they said Virginia did not have standing to file the suit. Cuccinelli has offered his take on this in his “Cuccinelli Compass” email newsletter. (Hint – sign […]

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RICHMOND (August 12, 2011) – Statement of Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli:   “I am pleased that the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals found the individual insurance mandate and penalty unconstitutional.  The court determined that the power to force one citizen to purchase a good or service from another is outside the established outer limits of […]

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Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli sent out this short message when the ruling came in on the Virginia Lawsuit against the Federal Mandate in ObamaCare: Today, a federal judge in Richmond ruled the individual mandate of the federal health care law UNCONSTITUTIONAL! In other words – we won! This won’t be the final round, as […]

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Dear Defender of Liberty, Today, a federal judge in Richmond ruled the individual mandate of the federal health care law UNCONSTITUTIONAL! In other words – we won! This won’t be the final round, as this will ultimately be decided by the Supreme Court, but today is a critical milestone in the protection of the Constitution. […]

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According to Virginia Attorney General Cuccinelli’s office, Federal District Court Judge Henry Hudson will issue his ruling sometime around midday TODAY, Monday, December 13 on Virginia’s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the federal health care act. Based on the questions asked by a well prepared Judge Hudson, many speculate that the ruling will be favorable […]

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President Obama Repeats Rhetoric On Health Insurance Premiums, Even As New Reports On Rate Hikes Emerge PRESIDENT OBAMA: “All This Is Going To Lower Premiums. It’s Going To Make Healthcare More Affordable” (President Obama, Remarks, 9/22/10) REALITY: “WHOPPING RATE INCREASES ARE COMING SOON” CONNECTICUT: “Health Insurers Are Asking For Immediate Rate Hikes Of More Than […]

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DEM TALKING POINTS MEET REALITY Dems Now Acknowledge Their Health Care Sales Pitch Was False “Key White House Allies Are Dramatically Shifting Their Attempts To Defend Health Care Legislation, Abandoning Claims That It Will Reduce Costs And Deficit, and instead stressing a promise to ‘improve it.’” (“New Dem Message: ‘Improve’ Health Care, Don’t Talk Cost,” […]

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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports today, “Missouri voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a federal mandate to purchase health insurance, rebuking President Barack Obama’s administration and giving Republicans their first political victory in a national campaign to overturn the controversial health care law passed by Congress in March.” The New York Times adds, “Missouri voters on […]

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- U.S. District Court Rejects Federal Government’s Motion to Dismiss Virginia’s Challenge of Constitutionality of Health Care Act – RICHMOND – Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling issued the following statement in response to today’s ruling by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to deny the federal government’s motion to dismiss Virginia’s […]

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Federal judge rules against feds’ Motion to Dismiss Virginia health care lawsuit; suit will move forward Richmond (August 2, 2010) – A federal judge ruled today that Virginia does indeed have standing to bring its lawsuit seeking to invalidate the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.  The judge also ruled that Virginia had stated […]

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Today marked an important landmark in Virginia’s case to overturn the individual mandate contained in the recent healthcare bill: the first oral arguments in the case.  While most of the arguments are similar to those we have laid out for you in previous emails (link to those arguments here) – there was at least one […]

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More people join Virginia AG Ken Cuccinelli in the Health Care Mandate fight.

From a Washington Post Story:

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and 26 other Congressional Republicans have signed an amicus brief filed by the American Center for Law and Justice supporting Virginia’s legal case against the federal health care law.

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RICHMOND (June 7, 2010) — Virginia has responded to the federal government’s attempt to dismiss the state’s lawsuit against the new federal health care law, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli announced today.

In its motion to the court to dismiss Virginia’s lawsuit, the federal government argued that Virginia lacks the standing to bring a suit, that the suit is premature, and that the federal government has the power under the U.S. Constitution’s Commerce Clause to mandate that citizens must be covered by health insurance or pay a civil penalty. The government also made alternative arguments based upon its taxing power and the Necessary and Proper Clause.

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RICHMOND, VA (May 24, 2010) – The federal government responded today to Virginia’s lawsuit over the recently enacted federal health care law with a motion to dismiss the suit.

“We are still looking through the motion and 39-page brief that we received late Monday, but at initial glance, this is pretty close to what we expected,” said Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.

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Another Company Reports $100 Million Loss From Health Care Reform As Medical Device Manufacturers And Small Businesses Brace For Impact

PRUDENTIAL: HEALTH CARE LAW WILL COST THEM $100 MILLION

“Insurer Prudential Financial Inc. Said Monday That It Will Take A $100 Million Charge In The First Quarter In Relation To The Recent Health Care Overhaul Legislation. The life insurance and annuities provider said in a regulatory filing that it will take the charge against earnings in the first quarter.” (“Prudential To Take $100M Health Care Charge In 1Q,” The Associated Press, 3/30/10)

* “Prudential Joins A Growing List Of Companies That Have Said They Will Take Accounting Charges Because Of The Health Care Bills. AT&T said last week it would take a $1 billion charge in the first quarter. AK Steel Corp., 3M Co., Caterpillar Inc., Deere & Co. and Valero Energy have also said they would take smaller charges.” (“Prudential To Take $100M Health Care Charge In 1Q,” The Associated Press, 3/30/10)

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