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  Idaho governor blocks federal health care reform law
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Last EditedServo  Apr 21, 2011 04:19pm
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AuthorAlan Silverlieb
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News DateThursday, April 21, 2011 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionHow much power do individual states have to block implementation of the new health care reform law?

A lot, if the governor of Idaho has his way.

Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter, a Republican, issued an executive order Wednesday prohibiting state agencies from implementing the controversial law, which is widely viewed as President Barack Obama's top domestic accomplishment.

Otter's order states that "no executive branch department, agency, institution or employee of the state shall establish or amend any program or promulgate any rule to implement any provisions" of the law.
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