The Hill's Blog Briefing Room is reporting today that Ben Nelson will be the sixtieth vote for the Democrats on their healthcare reform bill.
The Washington Post reports that:
"Nelson also secured full federal funding for his state to expand Medicaid coverage to people below 133 percent of the federal poverty level. That bill would require all states to expand Medicaid eligibility, but all states except Nebraska would pay a portion of the additional cost of doing so after 2016. Nelson also won concessions for qualifying nonprofit insurers and for Medigap providers from a new insurance tax, and he was able to roll back cuts to health savings accounts."
This is a payoff. Nebraska will not have to pay the increased cost of Medicaid that result from this bill--those costs in Nebraska will be picked up by all the other states for Nebraska.
Senator Nelson's claim that he was defending the unborn is now proven to be untrue. It is really sad to see the Senator bought off in this manner.
Leave a comment