A few more goodies for certain states have surfaced in the 383-page Senate health care amendment (.pdf) that was unveiled yesterday.
We’ve already told you about extra benefits for Louisiana, Hawaii, Nebraska, Vermont and Massachusetts.
The new measure, the so-called manager’s amendment, also includes favors obtained, mostly by Democratic Senators, in Montana, Michigan, Connecticut, South Dakota and North Dakota and Republicans in Wyoming.
These things take a while to become public because they are written in convoluted legislative-ese, which rarely spells out the state or constituency that is receiving the advantage. Read more…