Texas A.G. Paxton Urges Full Fifth Circuit to Prevent Federal Government From Granting Private Entities Ability to Tax States
September 16, 2020
September 16, 2020
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 16 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release on Sept. 15:
Attorney General Ken Paxton today filed a petition with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, urging the entire court to rehear a case involving the legality of a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rule delegating power to a private entity to impose taxes on States.
The rule requires states to reimburse health-insurance companies . . .
Attorney General Ken Paxton today filed a petition with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, urging the entire court to rehear a case involving the legality of a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rule delegating power to a private entity to impose taxes on States.
The rule requires states to reimburse health-insurance companies . . .