Nebraska’s interests have become the nation’s interests as the health reform debate reaches a critical stage in Washington, D.C., and U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson is one of a handful of key players who will determine whether the legislation helps or harms the state and the nation. While some senators, such as Louisiana’s Mary Landrieu, have [...]
Since last spring, the noisy and sometime rancorous health-care-reform debate has kept all eyes and ears on Washington. It now appears the probability is high that a health-care-reform bill will be signed by President Obama. Given what our state is contemplating with respect to the next round of budget cuts, I think some sharp focus [...]
Narrow passage of a sweeping health care bill by the House of Representatives portends a continuing difficult fight for President Obama and fellow Democrats to get a bill through the Senate and into law. The House voted 220-215 late Saturday, with 39 Democrats opposed and one Republican in favor, to approve what would be the [...]
To pay for health care reform, you’ll find billions of dollars in tax increases tucked inside the two major bills now before Congress – with each taking a vastly different approach to who ends up paying. Will it be the wealthiest among us, as proposed by the House bill, which levies a 5.4 percent income [...]
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