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Senator Ben Nelson, who had been holding out on voting for health care, finally agreed to go along and vote yes.
Nelson, a right-to-life supporter, gained some concessions to limit the availability of abortions in insurance sold in newly created exchanges. Of course he was paid off. He got tens of millions of dollars in federal Medicaid funds for his home state.
He also noted that he had fended off attempts to provide for government-run insurance option.
The bill would save about $130 billion over 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Provisions of the bill also would expand coverage to roughly 94% of eligible Americans.
It's now possible to pass the legislation before the Christmas recess.
The estimated 30 million Americans purchasing coverage through new insurance exchanges would have the option of signing up for national plans overseen by the same office that manages health coverage for federal employees and members of Congress.
Insurance companies would be barred immediately from denying coverage to children because of a pre-existing health condition. For adults that coverage would not become effective until 2014.
On abortion, the measure would let a state disallow coverage in new insurance exchanges by passing a law to that effect. Also it set up a mechanism to segregate funds that would be used to pay for abortions from federal subsidy dollars flowing to health care plans.
Republicans so far have stood firm in their opposition to the measure.
The Senate and House bills now must be merged into a final bill and submitted to President Obama for his signature.
Do you believe that this bill will provide better health care for Americans?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
12-20-2009 @ 3:17PM
John Robbins said...
Nelson's support of the Health Care Reform bill is in and of itself an abortion of morality and fair play on behalf of the State of Nebraska at the expense of the frest of America's tax payers.
I intend to work as hard as I can to HELP ANYBODY WHO OPPOSES HIM IN HIS NEXT ELECTION.
12-20-2009 @ 4:18PM
hacker said...
YOU SHOULD BE PROUD THAT YOU WERE BRIBED FOR YOUR VOTE WITH MORE MONEY FOR YOUR STATES MEDICARE PROGRAMS. YOU PLAYED IT OUT RIGHT AND GOT MONEY FOR VOTE.
LETS SEE IF YOUR REELECTED IN 2010.
12-20-2009 @ 6:25PM
na said...
As a resident of Nebraska, I am ashamed. Sen. Nelson was sent to Washington to be the commonsense, do-the-right-thing statesman he told us he was. He lied. He is simply a $45 million prostitute. I, for one, don't want the money. I want my freedom back.
12-20-2009 @ 6:53PM
Martin said...
It is incredible that they "bought" his vote.......politics at it's worst. I am ashamed to be a Democrat.
12-21-2009 @ 7:52AM
Frank said...
i thought this guy was going to show some gumption and integrity. a politician with those qualities. i must have been dreaming. this politcian is just another political whore WHO TAKES AWAY THE FREEDOM OF ALL americans. time to clean house in november '10. JOIN GRASSFIRE.ORG