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Associated Press - January 19, 2010 4:54 PM ET
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho has become the latest state where lawmakers are fighting proposed federal health care reform with a bill that would free residents from any mandates to purchase insurance.
Rep. Jim Clark, a Republican from Hayden, introduced the measure Tuesday in the House State Affairs Committee.
Similar bills are being touted in more than two dozen states and are based on model legislation from the American Legislative Exchange Council, a Washington, D.C.-based group that promotes limited government.
President Obama and Democratic congressional leaders are closing in on legislation that would likely require most Americans to carry coverage.
Clark's bill, if enacted, would prevent Idaho officials from enforcing provisions of health care reform that penalize individuals or businesses if they don't buy insurance.
His measure would also require Attorney General Lawrence Wasden to challenge mandatory federal health care insurance laws.
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