medicaid

    Nelson: Everyone Will get the Cornhusker Kickback

    By: Brian Faughnan (Diary)  |  January 7th at 03:15 PM  | 

    Senator Ben Nelson (D-DeadMeat) continues to try to distance himself from his Obamacare bribe and his vote for the bill: “At the end of the day, whatever Nebraska gets will be available to all states,” Nelson said during a conference call with reporters. In exchange for his crucial support of the reform bill, Nelson was promised federal funding to cover Nebraska’s entire cost of a | Read More »

    Blanche Lincoln: Nelson’s Deal Should be Dropped

    By: Brian Faughnan (Diary)  |  January 6th at 02:39 PM  | 

    Ben Nelson said he never asked for Harry Reid to give Nebraska more funding for Medicaid, and now Blanche Lambert Lincoln says that bribe should be deleted from any final health care bill: U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln said a political deal that benefits Nebraska and may have clinched a lawmaker’s support for health care legislation should be removed from the bill. The Democratic senator from | Read More »