Source: Senate leaders to offer $200 billion to win over moderates

[turbinetree]

Source: The Hill

In a bold move to revive their healthcare bill, Senate Republican leaders are getting ready to propose giving $200 billion in assistance to states that expanded Medicaid, according to a person familiar with internal Senate negotiations.

The huge sum would be funded by leaving in place ObamaCare’s net investment income tax and its Medicare surtax on wealthy earners, according to the source briefed on the proposal.

The figure is likely to outrage conservatives who would prefer to use the savings from the Senate healthcare bill to pay down the deficit.

The source said the aid would be targeted primarily at Medicaid expansion states, adding it would be distributed on “the back end” of the bill’s timeline, when the legislation would phase out the generous federal contribution for expanded Medicaid enrollment — a central pillar of ObamaCare.

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/342853-source-senate-leaders-to-offer-200b-to-win-over-moderates

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Its still a death panel and they want to do it on the back end, more smoke and mirrors

[Chicago1980]

1. A open bribe.

These bastards have no shame.

[turbinetree]

3. Yepper, spot on

[Honeycombe8]

2. That might work. The fed funding for the expansion was set to expire, anyway.

So some states would have ended the expansion, because they can't afford it.

[CreekDog]

7. You're wrong about the Medicaid expansion, it doesn't expire

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Please don't post false information about the ACA and Medicaid while we're fighting to save it.

The funding for Medicaid expansion will go from 100% of the expansion costs to 90% beginning in 2020.

That's far different than "expiring".

[Honeycombe8]

10. Oh, I thought it ended at some point. Good to hear that it doesn't. nt

[cstanleytech]

4. Those moderates would be fools to accept this but then again they are Repugnants. nt

[bluestarone]

5. and the CBO

says what to this bullshit???????

[PoliticAverse]

6. How do they expect Conservatives to go along with this? n/t

[Drunken Irishman]

8. They can't. The bill is still dead.

[nikibatts]

9. It's ploy to their ignorant base. Just enough to buy their drugs until they kill Medicaid for good.

[briv1016]

11. So their taking away $800B from Medicaid and then giving $200B back as a "bribe?"

How generous of them.

[BumRushDaShow]

12. That sums it up.

Just throw a "big" number out there and the "base" thinks "Wow that should be enough".