Yesterday The Hill reported that the House of Representatives passed the Medicare “Doc Fix” by a vote of 243-183. 

According to the article:

“Despite a vow to offset any new spending, the Democratic measure would cost $210 billion over 10 years but does not include a “pay-for” in the bill.”

This part of healthcare legislation was passed separately from the major healthcare bill in order to make the “ObamaCare” bill appear to cost less than it actually does. 

Meanwhile, ABC News reported yesterday that “On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.”  Translated into English, this means that Democrat Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, who has been hesitant to vote for the healthcare bill, now has to consider the fact that Louisiana will receive $100 million in additional Medicare subsidies if healthcare reform passes when she decides how to vote on this legislation.

The article at ABC News posted the language in the bill that would give Louisiana the $100 million.  That part of the proposed reform takes two pages.  It sort of makes you wonder what the other 2000 plus pages contain.

I guess it’s just more of the “Chicago Way.”