Georgia Will Not Challenge Health Care Reform

Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker announced today that he would not join thirteen other state attorneys general in challenging the constitutionality of the recently enacted health care reform legislation.  In a letter to Gov. Perdue, Mr. Baker said a state lawsuit “is likely to fail and will consume significant amounts of taxpayers’ hard-earned money.”  Mr. Baker’s position is in lockstep with the White House, which has defended the constitutionality of the health care law and dismissed the state lawsuits as unlikely to succeed.