South Dakota Joins ACA Lawsuit

South Dakota has joined 20 other states in a lawsuit challenging the federal Affordable Care Act.

State attorney general Marty Jackley says it’s time to end this federal mandate to allow medical doctors more freedom to care for patients and private industry to compete for lower insurance premiums.

According to the lawsuit, the recently enacted tax bill eliminates the tax penalty for failure to obtain health care insurance under the ACA but did not eliminate the mandate to obtain health insurance. The lawsuit alleges that the mandate to obtain health insurance is therefore rendered unconstitutional.

 

(Dakota Radio Group)