The Burrill Report (December 20, 2010): What a Judge's Ruling Means to Healthcare Reform (.MP3,8.46 Mb)

On December 13, a Federal judge in Virginia struck down as unconstitutional a key provision of the healthcare reform legislation passed earlier this year. Judge Henry Hudson of the Federal District Court in Richmond said the law’s mandate that people get insurance exceeded the powers granted to Congress under the Commerce Clause. We spoke to Tevi Troy, former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the Bush Administration and a visiting senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, about the ruling, what it means for the future of healthcare reform, and what the decision will do to ongoing efforts to dismantle the legislation.