Fox news just announced that former holdout Ben Nelson (D-NE)
has caved.
Nelson admitted last night that he was trying to get
more goodies for his state…
so it wasn’t really about abortion after all.
Nelson scored a Medicaid exemption for Nebraska which keeps
the state from paying it’s burden FOREVER.
That’s a biggie, because this plan throws incredible financial
burdens on the states.
We’ll be picking up Nebraska’s tab.
Reid included a provision in his amendment that allows states
to prohibit abortion coverage in the insurance exchanges
the bill creates.
It’s basically a state opt-out, which allows Democrats to
sidestep the tricky issue by dumping it on the states.
The amendment also requires that health plans that
provide abortion services segregrate the premiums
from any federal money so that federal funds don’t
pay for abortion services.
In other words: another shell game.
Because the insurance plans offered through the exchange
are eligible for federal subsidies, taxpayer money is still
paying for the coverage of abortion.
Ben Nelson will be holding a press conference at 10:00 AM ET.
You can watch the Senate debate on health care live here at CSPAN.
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