MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Regardless of the outcome of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has vowed not to do anything until after the November election.
Walker, an outspoken critic of the law, originally said in January that he would not begin setting up the state's health insurance exchange required by the law until after the court ruled. Earlier this month, the Republican governor went even further, saying that if the law is upheld he will not do anything until after the election, hoping that the next president and Congress will repeal it.
Only after those two fail would Wisconsin "figure out some alternative within the state," Walker said in a statement released by his office this week.
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