SHELBY, N.C. -- A group of Republican lawmakers is hoping to stop the new federal health care law from being enforced in North Carolina.
Speaking in front of the old courthouse in Shelby, state Rep. Tim Moore (R-Cleveland County) said the bill, "Would adopt legislation pursuant to the insurance statutes that would ban forcing people to buy insurance which the federal law does."
Moore was joined by Rep. Pearl Burris-Floyd (R-Cleveland, Gaston) and state Sen. Debbie Clary (R-Cleveland, Rutherford) in saying the new law could potentially bankrupt the state. The lawmakers say the health care overhaul could cost the state taxpayers $1 billion.
Moore said the bill they will submit later in the spring would "protect patient choice and the rights of individuals to not have government mandate this type of coverage."
"The taxpayers will carry the burden, a burden they simply cannot afford," said Clary.
