Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) has taken a lot of heat for negotiating the “Cornhusker Kickback”–a deal he struck during the Senate health care debate under which the federal government would cover the entire cost of expanding Medicaid coverage in his state of Nebraska. But now that Democrats are proposing that the federal government cover the cost of a Medicaid expansion in every state, Nelson wants a little bit of credit. And he has a cute little name for it, too!
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