Wayne Stenehjem in Ballotpedia.org political website

On Health Care: Questioned ObamaCare on constitutionality & carve-outs

In the wake of the historic passage of President Barack Obama's health care reform legislation on Christmas Eve in 2009, Stenehjem announced that he was one of 10 Republican attorneys general questioning not only the constitutionality of a specific controversial provision within the Senate version of the bill, but also exploring potential legal challenges to the measure as well. The North Dakota attorney general said he was "participating in an inquiry about possible incentives offered to Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson to support a health care measure in the U.S. Senate." The arrangement, which garnered Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid the necessary 60 votes needed to pass the measure, gave Nebraska exemption from its share of the Medicaid expansion, "a carve out that is expected to cost the federal government $100 million over 10 years." Source: Ballotpedia.org on 2016 North Dakota gubernatorial race May 2, 2016

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