congressmen dana milbank --
"meanwhile, senators byron
dorgan and kent conrad, both
north dakota democrats would
enjoy a provision bringing
higher medicaid payments to
hospitals and doctors in
'frontier counties' of states,"
let's see here, north dakota.
and should there be one for
hawaii?
mr. milbank goes on to say,
"hawaii, with two democratic
senators, would get richer
payments to hospitals that treat
many uninsured."
and should there be a sticker
there for michigan -- quote --
"home" -- and i'm quoting from
the milbank article -- "home of
two other democrats would earn
higher medicare payments for
some reduced fees for bluecross
blueshield."
vermont -- vermont, senator
bernie sanders held out for
larger medicaid payments for his
state.
neighboring massachusetts would
get one too.
i guess there's a number of
maybe states that should have
stickers on them so that the
american people can see where
these special deals were cut o