PENSACOLA, Fla. — A federal judge says some parts of a lawsuit by 20 states challenging the Obama administration's health care overhaul as unconstitutional can go to trial.
District Judge Roger Vinson ruled Thursday in Pensacola, Fla., that some parts of the lawsuit need to be heard. The administration had asked him to dismiss the entire lawsuit, which was spearheaded by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum.
The lawsuit is likely to wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court.
The states and the administration disagree over whether people should be required to have health insurance, and whether states should pay additional Medicaid costs not covered by the federal government.
Indiana joined the lawsuit in May. Attorney General Greg Zoeller said his concern was over the authority of the federal government.
"The people of Indiana did not elect me to simply trust the federal government," he said in a news release at the time.
A federal judge in Michigan dismissed a similar lawsuit last week.
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