Cuccinelli maintains that the cost of challenging health care reform act is $350

Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli just released a press release saying that the cost challenging the health care reform act signed by President Barack Obama will consist only of the $350 filing fee.

Here's the release:

AG Cuccinelli releases cost of

Virginia’s health care lawsuit

 

 

RICHMOND (March 30, 2010) -- Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II today released the cost of the lawsuit his office launched against the federal government over the passage of the federal health care reform act.

 The court filing fee for the case of Commonwealth v. Kathleen Sebelius in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia was $350.  There has been no additional cost above this amount, as the litigation is being handled entirely by the attorney general’s staff.  The office also does not expect much outside cost, as outside counsel has not been retained.

 Additionally, since the case is centered around a purely legal constitutional argument, the office anticipates no material costs for things such as discovery, witnesses, etc.

 If the suit is successful, the savings to the Commonwealth of Virginia alone is estimated by the governor’s office to be about $1.1 billion from 2015-2022.  This is because if the health care reform act remains law, Virginia would realize an additional $1.1 billion in costs for the new Medicaid requirements called for in the act.  This savings figure does not take in to account the tax and fee savings to individuals and businesses if the federal law is struck down as unconstitutional.

 “The Attorney General of Virginia has a duty to defend all validly enacted Virginia laws from any challenge or unconstitutional encroachment, and that’s what I intend to do with the Virginia Health Care Freedom Act,” said Attorney General Cuccinelli.

Comments

[Dean]

Just remember, you do get what you pay for...

$350 filing from a $50 lawyer.