Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder was among the hundreds of protestors in Jefferson City Tuesday voicing their opposition to the new health care law, on the same day that the United States Supreme Court was debating the constitutionality of the law’s individual coverage requirement.
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In addition to coinciding with the Court’s oral arguments, the Tuesday rallies also came on the same day that the state Senate was debating legislation that would ban state-level health care exchanges until approved by voters.
State lawmakers have blocked millions of dollars in federal funds for the exchanges, a key component of implementing the entire health care law.
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Some Missouri Republicans initially supported the creation of exchanges. While members of the Missouri Senate have opposed them from the start, original legislation passed in 2010 with unanimous consent of the Missouri House of Representatives, including the consent of House Speaker Steven Tilley, who spoke to the rallies Tuesday in opposition to the federal law. At the time, supporters argued that if the states did not establish the exchanges, the federal government would.
http://politicmo.com/2012/03/27/kinder-state-level-exchanges-are-a-gateway-to-obamacare/
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