The $100 Million Health Care Vote?

ABC News by Jonathan Karl | Nov. 20, 2009 (News Report)

(Blog Post) The health care bill includes a $100 million section for increasing medicaid subsidies to the state of Louisiana. The Note, authored by ABC News' Rick Klein, covers politics, the White House, Congress, Democrats, Republicans, and all latest political campaigning for the 2012 presidential race. Washington's first and most influential tipsheet, The Full Story »

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Richard Riehl
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 by Richard Riehl - Nov. 21, 2009

An interesting story if you just accept it for what it is, exposing the politics behind the passage of a bill. It could have been improved with more context about which states were eliminated by the 7 year time limit and insight into what the $100 million will pay for. The story's assumption is that it's simply a giveaway to buy a vote--which may be true to a certain extent, but it's also likely Louisiana is facing unique fiscal challenges because of the Katrina disaster.

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