Hundreds of thousands of people will likely be receiving notices that their insurance health plans don’t meet standards set by the new health care law. According to Kaiser Health News at least 1.5 million people will be getting the word either from their employer or insurer. According to officials, the notices must go out within 60 days.

The Obama administration said the notices must be sent to people with limited-benefit plans which are plans that cap coverage at as little as $2,000 a year. It’s possible to get a waiver which lots of employers including McDonald’s and Waffle House have already done. “This is clear notice that you have a policy that does not comply with the Affordable Care Act,” Steve Larsen, deputy director for oversight in HHS’ Office of Consumer information and Insurance Oversight, told MSNBC.

If you receive a notice it will likely direct you to HealthCare.gov to receive more information about coverage options. “The Affordable Care Act is giving consumers more control over their health care by providing them with information about their health insurance options”, said Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, according to The Gov Monitor. “Now, we’re taking an unprecedented step to ensure consumers are informed when they purchase policies that offer limited coverage”.

Limited-benefit insurance plans are also known as mini-med plans and they will be eliminated by 2014 thanks to The Affordable Care Act. Right now though, mini-med plans are the only affordable options available to some Americans, but Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., says the plans give people a false sense of protection. “It gives people a false sense of security — it lets them think they have health insurance when they really don’t. By the time they realize they don’t have real health insurance, it’s too late,” he told MSNBC.

For those who can’t afford other policies, they may be granted a temporary waiver that will be good for one year. For plans starting from September 23, 2010 and September 22, 2011, limits to annual coverage of essential health benefits including hospital, physician and pharmacy can not be less than $750,000.

A federal judge in Florida announced that a lawsuit could proceed that claims that requiring Americans to buy health insurance is unconstitutional. Twenty states are involved in the lawsuit. US District Judge Roger Vinson rejected an effort by the Obama administration to have the case thrown out, according to the Los Angeles Times. Vinson’s decision was similar to one made by a federal judge in Virginia. “To say that something is ‘novel’ or ‘unprecedented’ does not necessarily mean that it is ‘unconstitutional’ or ‘improper.’ There may be a first time thing for anything,” Vinson wrote in his 65-page ruling, according to the LA Times. Continuing he wrote, “the plaintiffs have at least stated a plausible claim that the line has been crossed.” Florida is leading the challenge to the new healthcare law and 19 states have joined including:

• Alabama
• Alaska
• Arizona
• Colorado
• Georgia
• Indiana
• Idaho
• Louisiana
• Michigan
• Mississippi
• Nebraska
• Nevada
• North Dakota
• Pennsylvania
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Texas
• Utah
• Washington

Louisiana is the only state not led by a Republican attorney general or governor. “This ruling is a victory for the states, small businesses and the American people,” Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum said in a statement Thursday according to the LA Times. “It is the first step to having the individual mandate declared unconstitutional and upholding state sovereignty in our federal system.”

According to the American Medical News, spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler said the Dept. of Justice will continue to defend the new law and is confident their arguments will come out on top. “This case is in the early stages of litigation, and the department will continue to vigorously defend this law in ongoing litigation,” she said according to AMN. In Michigan, US District Judge George C. Steeh dismissed a third challenge arguing that the insurance requirement was unconstitutional. The next step comes December 16 when both sides will present their cases in a courtroom during a summary judgment hearing.

Missouri voters hit the polls to vote on Proposition C. They were the first in the country to speak their minds with ballots on whether health care should be mandatory. And voters said loud and clear, no. About 71 percent of Missouri voters supported Proposition C, which prohibits the government requiring citizens to carry health insurance or from penalizing anyone who doesn’t.

But what the vote actually accomplishes is up for debate. Federal law always trumps state law, but some say it may change the outcome of the upcoming November elections. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Republican National Chairman Michael Steele believes it’s a big blow to the Obama administration and believes it’s a sign that Republicans will regain the majority in November. “By rejecting ObamaCare with nearly three-quarters of the vote in a critical swing state, Missouri sent a clear message to Democrats and the Obama administration that government-run health care is a gross overreach of the federal government that needs to be repealed and replaced,” Steele said in a statement to the Post-Dispatch.

Other states have similar upcoming votes including Arizona and Oklahoma. Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana and Virginia have passed similar measures, but did not put them on a ballot.