Ruling expected soon in Virginia health care lawsuit

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A ruling from U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson on Virginia’s health care lawsuit is expected soon.

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is challenging the individual mandate provision in the federal health care overhaul, passed in March, that requires most Americans to purchase health insurance starting in 2014. The federal government has argued that the provision lies within Congress’s constitutional authority to regulate interstate commerce.

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