Chairman Jim Martin: “Apparent to almost everyone this bad medicine runs counter to our Constitution.

(Alexandria, Virginia) – The 60 Plus Association applauds the decision handed down today from the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals holding the individual mandate portion of President Obama’s signature healthcare legislation as “unconstitutional.”

“Another domino falls,” said Chairman Jim Martin. “Courts around our nation charged with upholding our Constitution are repeatedly finding what many knew long before this health care law was passed – this is bad medicine for America, and the federal government far exceeded its authority in ramming this horrific legislation down our throats.

“Republicans, Democrats and independents have been fighting the crucial battle to overturn this health care law almost since the moment it passed.  Let’s hope this case makes it to the Supreme Court sooner rather than later, so families and businesses are not kept in limbo waiting to find out if one sixth of our economy is going to remain the personal sandbox of politicians and federal bureaucrats.

“Obama’s health care law is not yet fully implemented, yet it has done immeasurable damage already to America’s economy, financial security and health care environment.  The 11th Circuit deserves praise from every lover of freedom in doing the right thing in moving this terrible legislation ever closer to the graveyard of bad ideas where it belongs.”

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