Health Care Deals - Unconstitutional?

Health Care Deals - Unconstitutional?<!-- google_ad_section_end -->
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Seems like the deal Ben Nelson made for Nebraska is coming under some scrutiny.

The top prosecutors in seven states are probing the constitutionality of a political deal that cut a funding break for Nebraska in order to pass a federal health care reform bill, South Carolina's attorney general said Tuesday.

Attorney General Henry McMaster said he and his counterparts in Alabama, Colorado, Michigan, North Dakota, Texas and Washington state — all Republicans — are jointly taking a look at the deal they've dubbed the "Nebraska compromise."

"The Nebraska compromise, which permanently exempts Nebraska from paying Medicaid costs that Texas and all other 49 states must pay, may violate the United States Constitution — as well as other provisions of federal law," Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said.

Nebraska wasn't alone in getting Medicaid breaks. Vermont, Louisiana and Massachusetts also got help with their programs.

Well, Louisiana already got $300 million guaranteed for disaster reliefe - i.e. Katrina, so why not belly up to the trough again. And we all know Massachusetts got special treatment because of Ted.<!-- google_ad_section_end -->
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A prime example of how business is done by the senatorial whoredom in DC.