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SOLD: Sen. Ben Nelson to vote for health care bill; Secured favors for his home state… Dems Own It…
12 hours ago ago from Right Voices
Sen. Ben Nelson announces support for health-care bill . Nelson secured full federal funding for his state to expand Medicaid coverage to all individuals below 133 percent of the federal poverty level. Other states must pay a small portion of the additional cost. He won concessions for qualifying nonprofit insurers and for Medigap providers from a new insurance tax. He also was able to roll back cuts to health savings accounts. Nelson ...
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8 hours ago ago from Gateway Pundit
Bought and Paid For Democrats bought off Senator Nelson's vote with a special Medicaid break for the State of Nebraska that will last forever. While most states will struggle with the rising costs of Medicaid under the democrat's plan, Nebraska will be the lone exception forever. It looks like the rest of the 49 states are just suckers. More ** “As part of the deal to win Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson's support, the federal ...
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40 minutes ago ago from Giovanni's World
Design by the inspired BKeyser Senator Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska) played Hamlet for days on the Senate healthcare reform bill, feigning a righteous stand on principle against the bill's funding of abortion. But it turns out that Nelson is for sale, just like his colleague Mary Landrieu (D-La) whose price was $300 million. Nelson's price is even higher. Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver. Here's Ben Nelson's 30 ...
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3 hours ago ago from R3publican: Restore * Reenergize * Reignite
Sometimes you get an opportunity to be the hero or the goat which will it be for Nelson and Webb? Is Nelson's vote for health care a trial balloon or a swan song . . . URGENT: Senator Nelson Health Care Updates AND Rally Tuesday 12/22 MORE To Come Stubborn_Facts on December 19, 2009 — Leave a Comment December 22, 2009 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Included in this post: * Updates regarding status ...
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1 hour, 54 minutes ago ago from PoliticalDog101.com
Sen. Ben Nelson in a deal carved out for a single state, a permanent exemption from the state share of Medicaid expansion for Nebraska, meaning federal taxpayers have to kick in an extra $45 million in the first decade ..ensuring that his state would never have to pay for the Medicaid expansion being written into the bill ..Medicaid is usually paid for with a mix of federal and state funding, but Nelson's carve out means that any Medicaid ...
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Health Care Breakthrough: Ben Nelson Will Vote for Health Reform
12 hours ago ago from Politics Daily
Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) announced Saturday that he will vote for health care reform when it comes up for a cloture vote in the Senate early next week. As the 60th and final Democrat to signal that he will support the bill, Nelson's decision virtually assures passage of the Democrats' sweeping health care reform. "I believe this legislation will stand the test of time and will be noted as one of the major reforms of the 21s century," Nelson ...
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7 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
By Greg Hitt The state of Nebraska is going to do well under the compromise struck by Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson to ensure his support for health overhaul legislation. In the final deal-making, the senator won a commitment that the federal government would pick up Nebraskas share of the bills proposed expansion of Medicaid, the federal-state health program for the poor. Senate aides suggested the change would cost less than $100 million, ...
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14 hours ago ago from Media General - TBO.com
WASHINGTON - A holdout no more, Democratic Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson agreed Saturday to provide the 60th and deciding vote for Senate passage of sweeping health care legislation, capping a year of struggle and a final burst of deadline bargaining. Nelson had a brief response â "Yeah" â when asked whether he would support the measure as he strode into a private caucus of fellow Democrats. With that vote, President Barack Obama's Senate ...
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23 hours ago ago from Washington Post - Politics
Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, the final Democratic holdout on health-care legislation, said Thursday he is concerned not only about the use of federal dollars for abortion coverage, but also about the impact that expanding Medicaid would have on the finances of his home state. This Story This Story A Medicaid expansion would create an underfunded federal mandate for the state of ...
Related contentDemocrats reach 60-vote threshold on health bill
10 hours ago ago from Media General - TBO.com
WASHINGTON - Jubilant Democrats locked in Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson as the 60th and decisive vote for historic health care legislation today, putting President Barack Obama's signature issue firmly on a path for Christmas Eve passage. At the White House, Obama swiftly welcomed the breakthrough, saying, "After a nearly centurylong struggle, we are on the cusp of making health care reform a reality in the United States of America." In the ...
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