Sen. Nelson has written a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) asking to extend the deal to every state, but if that request were not granted, he would want the Nebraska deal removed.
Under the deal, the federal government would pay 100 percent of Nebraska’s expenses in a Medicaid expansion mandated by the health reform bill.
Read Kaiser Health News’ report on health reform.
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