Sunday, December 20, 2009 3:53:46 PM · by OldDeckHand · 15 replies · 352+ views
ABCNews.com/Note ^ | 12/20/09 | Z Byron Wolf
Posted on 12/20/2009 4:02:48 PM PST by jessduntno
Interesting Provisions That Recently Appeared In Senate Health Bill
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$100,000,000 For “Health Care Facility” “At A Public Research University In The United States That Contains A State’s Sole Public Academic Medical And Dental School.”
NEBRASKA
“As Part Of The Deal To Win Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson's Support, The Federal Government Will Fund Nebraska's New Medicaid Recipients.” (“Ben Nelson's Medicaid Deal,” Politico, 12/19/09)
VERMONT
“The Health Care Overhaul Taking Shape In Congress Includes A Provision Pushed By Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy To Increase The State’s Medicaid Payments By $250 Million Over Six Years. The Provision, Also Supported By Sen. Bernie Sanders
FLORIDA
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) Negotiated A Deal To Grandfather Medicare Advantage Enrollees In Florida. (S.Amdt.2961 To H.R.3590, Roll Call Vote #370, Motion To Recommit Failed 42-57: R: 40-0; D 2-55; I 0-2, 12/8/09)
LOUISIANA
“And Reid Already Has Established A Dangerous Precedent, By Dangling $300 Million In Medicaid Funding For Louisiana To Win Landrieu's Support For Bringing The Bill To The Senate Floor.
MONTANA
“The Secretary Shall Establish A Pilot Program In Accordance With This Subsection To Provide Innovative Approaches To Furnishing Comprehensive, Coordinated, And Cost-Effective Care Under This Title To Individuals Described In Paragraph … [An Individual] Is An Environmental Exposure Affected Individual Described In Subsection (E)(2) Who Resides In Or Around The Geographic Area Subject To An Emergency Declaration Made As Of June 17, 2009.” ‘‘(A) (Manager’s Amendment To H.R. 3590, Pg. 195-196)
• “On June 17, 2009, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Issued A Public Health Emergency (PHE) Finding At The Libby Asbestos Superfund Site In Northwest Montana. Over The Past Several Years, Hundreds Of Cases Of Asbestos-Related Disease Have Been Documented In The Communities Of Libby And Nearby Troy.” (EPA Website, Accessed 12/19/09)
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Sure glad the Boxer and Feinstein didn’t get their hands dirty in this one. Why it would have tarnished the golden reputation of the fine state of California..... /sarc
I know this may seem a dumb question; isn’t this unconstitutional?
I’ll tell you what ... that is a pretty good site the Republicans built, pointing out all the things wrong with this bill ... too bad they didn’t tell anyone about them ... /industrial sarc
Harry Reid, like Tiger Woods knows that if you have enough money to throw around you can get a lot of people to bend over. Who knew old Harry swung both ways?
Let’s start counting Harry’s Hos
A Whodunit: The $100 million mystery hospital
“I know this may seem a dumb question; isn’t this unconstitutional?”
Not dumb ... I think so and it is the opinion of a couple of other threads, too...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411354/posts
Yeah...that one had just the one “mystery” we spent a couple hours on that thread and another earlier today...trying to figure it out...I thought this site might give more info on the other bribes as well...who knows, with enough eyes on it, we might turn up something...
Can’t someone file an equal protection clause lawsuit? How is it that I have to pay for expanded Medicaid coverage in my state and Nebraskans don’t?
“Can’t someone file an equal protection clause lawsuit? How is it that I have to pay for expanded Medicaid coverage in my state and Nebraskans don’t?”
Even worse, you have to pay for your state AND theirs!
Sounds good.
I thought I would link the two threads so those that didn’t see both of them could weigh in on the matter.
Thanks for keeping up with all of this.
This is another we were on earlier;
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411900/posts
There has GOT to be something we can do to turn up the heat to be brought by a conservative in the senate...if we can find one...
You haven’t heard of the General Welfare Clause? /s
“You haven’t heard of the General Welfare Clause? /s”
Is that like the Widows and Orphan’s Fund for Cash Stream Protection?
That’s the one.
The VA’s Webb and Warner, where’s Virginia’s piece of the pie? Since you senaturds have proven to be nothing more than publicly funded whores, where’s the payoff for your services? Why the hell are we being sold short?
The VA’s Webb and Warner = To VA’s Webb and Warner
They are selling our freedom. There’s got to be a law against bribery.
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