Can giving Alaska $1.8 billion for health care let the GOP cut $1 trillion for America?
“Buried in Senate Republicans’ new health care bill is a provision to throw about $1 billion at states where premiums run 75 percent higher than the national average.
“Curiously, there’s just one state that meets this seemingly arbitrary designation: Alaska.”
The News And Guts Facebook page posts a question, Will the greater good be kicked to the curb to help one small state and one suddenly important Senator?
The folks at Vox have uncovered, deep in the Senate healthcare bill, what could be described as a little sweetener for the state of Alaska. Lisa Murkowski, a GOP senator from the state is a crucial vote for replacing the Affordable Care Act.
Will she still be after the "Kodiak Kickback"?
By Jeff Stein
