The suit challenges a final rule from the Internal Revenue Service exposing large employers, including local governments, to tax penalties in states without insurance exchanges, like Oklahoma.
“Congress provided a choice for Oklahoma and other states in implementation of the health care law, and the IRS is attempting to take that away by rule,” said Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt in a statement. “The administration miscalculated how many states would support this law, so now they’re using the IRS to push through provisions that Congress did not pass.”
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