ABC News-The $100 Million Health Care Vote?

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The $100 Million Health Care Vote?

What does it take to get a wavering senator to vote for health care reform?

Here’s a case study.

On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.”

The section spends two pages defining which “states” would qualify, saying, among other things, that it would be states that “during the preceding 7 fiscal years” have been declared a “major disaster area.”

I am told the section applies to exactly one state: Louisiana, the home of moderate Democrat Mary Landrieu, who has been playing hard to get on the health care bill.

In other words, the bill spends two pages describing what could be written with a single world: Louisiana. (This may also help explain why the bill is long.)

Senator Harry Reid, who drafted the bill, cannot pass it without the support of Louisiana’s Mary Landrieu.

How much does it cost? According to the Congressional Budget Office: $100 million.

[Tim H]

Should we assume that is money from the stimulus bill that was meant to create jobs? How many jobs will that create? Or does the government just have that kind of money laying around and just not telling us, cause last I heard unemployment was in double digits and Obama was claiming we needed another stimulus.

I'm pretty sure Bush did this though.

[S.R.Patch]

I'm pretty sure Bush did this though.

Straight from GW's mouth..."This sucker could go down" ...famous last words before Tarp.

[Rabbithoundjb]

Now we know, because Bush screwed up bailing out the banks its O.K to continue and bankrupt the country. I thought you people voted for change, oh!!! that's right you got it this administation is much more corrupt, and making Bush look like a financail conservative.

[Pine Mt Beagles]

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The $100 Million Health Care Vote?

What does it take to get a wavering senator to vote for health care reform?

Here’s a case study.

On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.”

The section spends two pages defining which “states” would qualify, saying, among other things, that it would be states that “during the preceding 7 fiscal years” have been declared a “major disaster area.”

I am told the section applies to exactly one state: Louisiana, the home of moderate Democrat Mary Landrieu, who has been playing hard to get on the health care bill.

In other words, the bill spends two pages describing what could be written with a single world: Louisiana. (This may also help explain why the bill is long.)

Senator Harry Reid, who drafted the bill, cannot pass it without the support of Louisiana’s Mary Landrieu.

How much does it cost? According to the Congressional Budget Office: $100 million.

Actually you are wrong the Louisiana Purchase is 300 mil. and she is proud of it too. Her own words.

[Tim H]

I'm pretty sure Bush did this though.

Straight from GW's mouth..."This sucker could go down" ...famous last words before Tarp.

Kind of knew that this bribe would turn into Bush blaming. Predicted it and the very next post, there it is.