Carson City] - The State of Nevada today officially joined Florida and 18 other states in an amended federal lawsuit filed today in Florida against the Reid/Pelosi/Obama Nationalized Health Care plan. Additionally, the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) joined the lawsuit as a co-plaintiff on behalf of its members nationwide. That Nationalized Health Care plan would force all Nevada citizens to buy health insurance. Those who do not comply would face Internal Revenue Service (IRS) penalties. The Nationalized Health Care plan will also increase federal and state taxes paid by Nevadans.
“The Reid/Pelosi/Obama Nationalized Health Care plan is a national disgrace and their legislation clearly exceeds constitutional authority,” Governor Gibbons said, “It is patently unconstitutional for the federal government to break the backs of Nevadans by trampling the Constitution, and then threaten to use IRS agents to enforce this ridiculous plan.” Governor Gibbons noted that the Reid/Pelosi/Obama Nationalized Health Care plan marks the first time in American history that the federal government is trying to “regulate inactivity”.

“If a Nevada citizen takes no action and does nothing, they will be committing a crime in the eyes of Reid, Pelosi and President Obama,” Governor Gibbons said, “It is that kind of arrogant Washington DC back-door-dealing mentality that crushes the American Spirit.” Governor Gibbons added, “I have fought in two wars and dodged real bullets to protect the rights contained in the Constitution. Nevadans will fight back and let everyone in Washington DC know that they need to listen to the people of Nevada and the people of America.”

The Reid/Pelosi/Obama Nationalized Health Care plan has already cost Nevada taxpayers over $100,000. The Interim Finance Committee, controlled by Democrat legislators in Nevada, has already approved an additional $250,000 in tax money to pay for “pre-planning” for the Nationalized Health Care plan. In a few years, Nevada taxpayers will be forced to pay nearly $600-million dollars for the program and eventually several billion dollars when the federal government forces the entire plan onto the backs of Nevada taxpayers.

Specifically, the lawsuit, filed in federal court in the Northern District of Florida, alleges that the new law infringes upon the constitutional rights of citizens by mandating all citizens and legal residents have qualifying health care coverage or pay a tax penalty. By imposing such a mandate, the law exceeds the powers of the United States under Article I of the Constitution. Additionally, the tax penalty required under the law constitutes an unlawful direct tax in violation of Article I, sections 2 and 9 of the Constitution.

The lawsuit further claims the Nationalized Health Care plan infringes on the sovereignty of the states and Tenth Amendment to the Constitution by imposing onerous new operating rules that Nevada must follow as well as requiring the state to spend additional dollars without providing funds or resources to meet the state's cost of implementing the law.

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Thank you Governor Gibbons! He also retained an attorney probono to fight this unconstitutional law.

hmm,, if only people were as in favor of paying other peoples living expenses (welfare) as they are in allowing some of us to pay for others emergency(and other) healthcare,,,,


now, Im all for consistency,, if we have financial welfare, why not healthcare welfare

but I dont want to hear another complaint about financial welfare from those who are fighting mandatory insurance,,,


guess who foots the bill for all those who choose not to have insurance and end up ill or sick in need of care they cant afford(as medical costs continue to rise)? All that emergency room care that MUST be given,, has to be financed some kind of way,,,,,guess those who chose to purchase insurance will cover the difference along with hospital budgets,,,

Once again you miss the point completely.

no, Id say I made an accurate analogy. Those protesting mandatory insurance do so on the premise that its unconstitutional to MANDATE people purchase something. By this same standard, people should not have to be FORCED to pay for gas and heat and water,,they should be able to just pay it IF they use it,,,,,and in the mean time those who do pay for its use can cover the costs of the water and gas being ON HOLD until it is used by those others.

healthcare is a necessity people cannot predict. When it happens and people dont have insurance, hospitals cant turn people away in emergencies. This means all those services in emergency rooms, that are later billed and never paid,, have to be covered and the costs trickle down to the hospitals and the people who do have insurance. I tried the argument about car insurance,, that I wasnt going to get in an accident and I should just be able to pay for it if and when I do,,,then I saw how MUCH those costs can be and why insurance is pretty important for those unforseen realities of life.

Im cool either way ,, really. If insurance isnt mandated, perhaps hospitals shouldnt be mandated to help those without it unless they pay upfront,,,,,,,,,,I think people will end up much more pissed about that option though in the long run....