ATLANTA (AP) – A federal appeals court panel on Friday struck down the requirement in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul package that virtually all Americans must carry health insurance or face penalties.

2. Judge: States Must Continue With Health Overhaul - Friday, March 04, 2011

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) – A federal judge who declared President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul unconstitutional ruled Thursday that states must continue implementing it while the case makes its way through the courts.

3. Corker Supports Ruling on Health Care Law - Thursday, February 03, 2011

U.S. Sen. Bob Corker thinks there’s a “very strong chance” the U.S. Supreme Court will decide the recent health care reform bill is unconstitutional.

Corker issued a statement on the controversial law following this week’s ruling from a Florida federal judge declaring the so-called individual mandate component of the law – and thus, because the mandate is such a strong piece of it, the entire law itself – unconstitutional.

4. Fla. Judge Strikes Down Obama Health Care Overhaul - Tuesday, February 01, 2011

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) – A federal judge declared the Obama administration's health care overhaul unconstitutional Monday, siding with 26 states that sued to block it, saying that people can't be required to buy health insurance.

5. 20 States Ask Judge to Throw Out Obama Health Law - Friday, December 17, 2010

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) – Attorneys for 20 states fighting the new federal health care law told a judge Thursday it will expand the government's powers in dangerous and unintended ways.

The states want U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson to issue a summary judgment throwing out the health care law without a full trial. They argue it violates people's rights by forcing them to buy health insurance by 2014 or face penalties.

6. Businesses Seek Health Payment Reform - Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Regardless of whether court challenges to health care reform are successful, businesses are likely to continue pushing for a key component of the new legislation – payment reform.

Businesses are looking for ways to control costs, improve quality and reward successful treatments instead of paying more for readmissions and longer hospital stays.

7. Judge: Suit Over Health Overhaul Can Go to Trial - Friday, October 15, 2010

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) – A federal judge ruled Thursday that parts of a lawsuit by 20 states seeking to void the Obama administration's health care overhaul can go to trial, saying he wants hear additional arguments from both sides over whether the law is unconstitutional.

8. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, August 27, 1997
Gene Stone has been selected as the Chickasaw Councils new scout executive. He replaces Bob Salser, who has been named area director of the BSAs South Georgia/North Florida region. Stone has served as director of the Cub Scout Division at the nation...