BOISE -- An Idaho House member aims to free residents from a requirement to buy health insurance, a pre-emptive strike against possible federal reforms that could make such policies mandatory.
Rep. Jim Clark, a Republican from Hayden, is among those trying scuttle President Obama's and the Democratic U.S. Congress' push for health care reform.
In Washington D.C., Obama Democratic congressional leaders and Obama are closing in on a deal on legislation that would likely require most Americans to carry coverage.
Clark's bill, "removes authority of any state official or employee from enforcing any penalty" levied against those who don't buy coverage.
His bill, introduced in the House State Affairs Committee Tuesday, would also require Attorney General Lawrence Wasden to challenge mandatory federal health care insurance laws.
