Posted by
Billy on Monday, December 21, 2009 3:41:30 PM
It was the concern of Nebraska's Republican governor over expanded Medicaid
costs in the proposed Senate health care overhaul bill that led to a compromise
to cover his state's estimated $45 million share over a decade, U.S. Sen. Ben
Nelson said Sunday.
Gov. Dave Heineman "contacted me and he said this is another unfunded federal
mandate and it's going to stress the state budget, and I agreed with him," the
Nebraska Democrat said. "I said to the leader and others that this is something
that has to be fixed. I didn't participate in the way it was fixed." (SOLD: Neb.'s
Nelson sees backlash on health bill... )
But Heineman expressed anything but gratitude, saying he had nothing to do
with the compromise and calling the overhaul bill "bad news for Nebraska and bad
news for America."
"Nebraskans did not ask for a special deal, only a fair deal," Heineman said
in a statement Sunday.
(It is sad when a leader sells out but that is what Ben Nelson did on health care. He sold out the unborn children who will be murdered thanks to Obamacare. He sold out the tax payers who will have to pay more in taxes to fund this government program . He sold out our senors . Nelson and every Democrat who voted for this should be given a pink slip by the voters in their states. Thanks Nelson for the good work you did in supporting this terrible bill.)
