· October 10, 2011

Ohio Attorney General Agrees Issue 3 is not about “Obamacare”

Speaking about Issue 3 on the November ballot, Ohio’s Attorney General had this to say:

“If you have a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that validates the Obama health-care law, I’m not sure how passage of this act would roll that back based on the Supremacy Clause.”

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine October 10, 2011, The Toledo Blade

We’ve said it before, and now the state’s top lawyer agrees: Issue 3 will have no effect on the health insurance mandate contained in the federal Affordable Care Act. It is, at best, a symbolic gesture with respect to the federal law, with horrible consequences for state law. Read our report on Issue 3.