Lynch non-commital on ‘Cornhusker kickback”
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The Union Leader tries to determine if New Hampshire Governor John Lynch is upset at Nebraska getting a Medicare payoff to induce one of its Senators to support the ObamaCare bill.
Gov. John Lynch has told the White House and the state’s congressional delegation he’s unhappy with a key component of the Democratic health-care reform bill that provides special treatment for Nebraska’s Medicaid costs, his spokesman says.
But the governor has not directly asked the congressional delegation to oppose the bill if it contains the $100 million so-called “Cornhusker Kickback,” which was inserted into the bill more than two weeks ago to win Nebraska Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson’s vote.
Nor has the governor asked the state’s attorney general to join with 13 other attorneys general who have threatened legal action to stop the provision. Lynch hasn’t joined with Democratic colleagues in urging congressional Democrats to pass the bill, either.
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