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Pawlenty Rejects "Obamacare" Funding for Minnesota
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| Contributor | particleman |
| Last Edited | particleman Aug 31, 2010 09:06pm |
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| Category | General |
| Author | Stephanie Condon |
| Media | TV News - Columbia Broadcasting System CBS News |
| News Date | Wednesday, September 1, 2010 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Attacking President Obama's health care reforms from all angles, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty today issued an executive order directing state agencies to turn down any discretionary funding from the legislation.
The health care reform package signed into law earlier this year "represents a dramatic attempt to assert federal command and control over this country's health care system," the potential Republican presidential candidate wrote in the executive order.
Pawlenty is specifically directing state agencies to avoid taking grants in 15 categories, the Associated Press reports. One of the categories is sex education, for which Pawlenty on Monday already rejected an $850,000 grant.
"The boundary between state and federal government must be maintained to prevent an unwise and unsustainable federal takeover of health care in our state," Pawlenty wrote in the executive order.
He criticized the "individual mandate," or the requirement for all individuals to acquire health insurance, as just one of the "unprecedented federal intrusions into individual liberty" included in the reforms. Pawlenty also blasted the legislation for creating "massive new spending commitments at a time when the growing federal government debt threatens private sector economic growth" while relying on revenue from "increased taxes and fees coupled with unrealistic assumptions regarding purported future cost-savings." |
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