States seeking to ban mandatory health insurance

Monday, February 1, 2010 | 1:05 p.m. CST; updated 3:32 p.m. CST, Monday, February 1, 2010

JEFFERSON CITY — Although President Barack Obama's push for a health care overhaul has stalled, conservative lawmakers in about half the states are forging ahead with constitutional amendments to ban government health insurance mandates.

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