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AHEC Calls on States to Reject ObamaCare Grant Money
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WASHINGTON, DC -- Earlier this week, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced the latest round of grants to states to aide in the implementation of ObamaCare.  Seven grants were announced, including to Kansas, Oklahoma, Wisconsin (all of which are suing to have ObamaCare ruled unconstitutional) and New York, Oregon, Maryland and a group of New England states. 

AHEC has urged states, particularly those participating in lawsuits against ObamaCare, to reject these monies.  Several states have argued that ObamaCare is unconstitutional because the law coerces the states to act.  In cases where the federal government has incentivized states to act, particularly where states have willingly accepted federal funds, courts have been unwilling to find coercion.

"Accepting the grant money makes no sense," AHEC's spokesperson, Chris Jaarda, said, "when states accept this money, they are making a suicide pact with the federal government.  This money comes with strings attached, serious strings - and, in this case, those strings are binding states to full implementation of ObamaCare.  Who knows what issues will garner the interest of the Supreme Court, but it not beyond the realm of possibility that state acceptance of this money could be the determining factor whereby the Court upholds ObamaCare.  States need to think carefully and strategically before taking the money."

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