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Senator Ben Nelson prostituted himself to Harry Reid and in return got a free ride for the State of Nebraska when it came to future medicare responsibilities.

SEN. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., exacted a special price for his vote on the Senate health-care bill. Opening up the Medicaid program to 15 million more Americans over the next decade will cost the states billions of dollars — but not Ben Nelson’s state. For Nebraska, the cost, estimated at $100 million through 2016, will be paid by the federal government.

In English – the 49 other states in the country have to pony up the expense for Medicare/cade for not only their states, but now their share of what Nebraska would have paid.  Move to Nebraska and your taxes will not go to support Medicare/cade at all!  You will be living off taxes paid by say someone in Minnesota or Alabama!!

Well Alabama Governor Bob Riley, in conjunction with other governors, has asked his AG to look into the constitutionality of such prostituted payments.

MONTGOMERY- Governor Bob Riley today called on Attorney General Troy King to expand his investigation of the financial deals that led to the passage of the U.S. Senate’s health care reform bill and determine whether the Obama Administration has arranged any other dollars-for-votes schemes for certain states.

In a letter to Attorney General King, Governor Riley offered the assistance of Alabama’s Medicaid experts in the investigation of the Senate health care shenanigans, but asked that King go further to determine whether other deals have been arranged to alleviate federal funding mandates for certain states in order to win votes. It was recently revealed that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid worked out special deals that allow the federal government to pay for increased costs of expanded Medicaid programs in the states of Nebraska and Louisiana in exchange for key votes from their senators.

I wonder if Ben Nelson had to wear a mini-skirt and can call Harry Reid “Big Daddy” to finalize the deal?

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