A report at the link below talks about a One Hundred Million Dollar health care vote.
From the report:
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. Guess what, only one state qualifies - Louisiana.
Louisiana is the home of moderate Democrat Mary Landrieu, who has been playing hard to get on the health care bill.
Senator Harry Reid, who drafted the bill, cannot pass it without the support of Louisiana’s Mary Landrieu.
How much will this cost to get Landrieu’s vote?
According to the Congressional Budget Office: $100 million.
More here including the incredibly complicated language of that section of the bill.
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