Nebraska Gov. Attacks Health Care Reform in the Name of Education
You might wonder what this year's federal health care overhaul has to do with schools in the state of Nebraska.
The state's governor, Dave Heineman, sees a connection.
Last week, the Republican governor took the unusual step of writing a pair of letters to education leaders in the state arguing that additional Medicaid costs coming to Nebraska as a result of the federal health care law would likely lead to reductions in the amount of money the state spends on schools. He urged them to support a repeal of the new federal health care law.
"If you sit silently by, I am going to assume that your lack of action is tacit support for increased Medicaid
