Virginia AG Joins Lawsuit Against Biden's Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers

Spencer Brown / Townhall Tipsheet

 

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced Friday that the Commonwealth would join other states suing the Biden administration over its vaccine mandate on healthcare workers — keeping another promise made on the campaign trail — seeking to overturn the requirement that staff in facilities receiving federal funds via Medicare and Medicaid be vaccinated as resulting labor shortages continue to strip hospitals of critical staff. 

The basis for Attorney General Miyares is simple: "the federal government does not have the power to impose a vaccine mandate through the interim rule issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)," and "forcing Virginians to choose between their job and the vaccine exceeds the power of the federal government," explains a release from Miyares office:

The Supreme Court recently ruled in a similar case that the government could not use another federal agency, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), to force...Read more and see tweets here.