Ben Nelson: Bill covers too many uninsured people, must be scaled back

[Frank Booth]

Source: Daily Kos

Nelson's key points:

1. Asked if he would vote for cloture even if his initiative to restrict abortion were adopted, Nelson flatly said "no."

2. Nelson not only said a vote before Christmas was not feasible, he joked about it taking until next Christmas.

3. Nelson said unless the bill's Medicaid expansion provisions were made optional he would oppose cloture.

4. Nelson said the bill's revenue provisions were unacceptable because the economy was bad.

5. Nelson said because the subsidies which provide the bill's coverage expansion couldn't be paid for without additional revenue, they needed to be "scaled-back"

6. Nelson also that unless cost control were addressed first, coverage couldn't be expanded.

Read more: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/12/18/816105/-Ben-Nelson:-Bill-covers-too-many-uninsured-people,-must-be-scaled-back

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Hope this source is ok -- it's the only one I could find that thoroughly summarizes Nelson's comments to a Nebraska radio station.

At this point, due to the corrupt assholes in Washington, I don't want the bill to pass. Still it's hard to know where to stand, given that even more corrupt assholes want to see it fail.