FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 31, 2013
MEDIA CONTACT
Maurice A . Thompson
MThompson@OhioConstitution.org
(614) 340-9817
High Court to Hear Medicaid Expansion Lawsuit on Expedited Basis
Columbus, OH -
The Ohio Supreme Court today granted the 1851 Center's Motion to Expedite its
lawsuit challenging administrative Obamacare Medicaid Expansion in Ohio, setting
a briefing schedule that will have the merits of the case submitted to the Court
by no later than December 1.
The Motion
granted asserts that the action is likely to prevail, and that dire budgetary
consequences could ensue should the case not be decided prior to January 1,
2014.
The October 22
legal action is filed on behalf of State Representatives Matt Lynch, Ron Young,
Andy Thompson, Ron Maag, John Becker, and Ron Hood, and Cleveland Right to Life
and Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati. These representatives and groups
combine to represent nearly 1 million Ohioans.
The action
asserts that in accepting jurisdiction over and passing the Governor's proposed
Medicaid spending, the Controlling Board exceeded its legal authority by acting
inconsistently with the intent of the Ohio General Assembly. Specifically:
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