A petition has been signed by more than 40 Tea Party groups across North Carolina has been sent to N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory and Lt. Gov. Dan Forest opposing a government-run insurance exchange.

The petition, states that many in North Carolina do not want the state to become entangled in a complicated and expensive government-run health care option.

The U.S. Supreme Court has left the decision to implement the government run health care tax up to the individual states, and. 33 states have decided not to implement it.

The North Carolina TEA Party Coalition petition followed a weekend meeting in Conover to discuss implementation of the statewide action items and included more than 50 representatives from TEA Party and Liberty groups.

“Health Insurance Exchanges will create a hardship for our ...