Pill power.
Fifteen states move to block the federal government from billing
them for Medicafe's massive drug benefit, calling it an
"unprecedented intrusion into each state's sovereignty sovereignty, supreme authority in a political community. The concept of sovereignty has had a long history of development, and it may be said that every political theorist since Plato has dealt with the notion in some manner, although not always explicitly. ."
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the states have to pony up po·ny
n. pl. po·nies
1. Any of several types or breeds of horses that are small in size when full grown, such as the Shetland pony.
2.
a. Informal A racehorse.
b. for a federal boondoggle boon·dog·gle Informal
n.
1. An unnecessary or wasteful project or activity.
2.
a. A braided leather cord worn as a decoration especially by Boy Scouts.
b. .
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