Nelson Health Care

Nelson On Health Care Repeal: 'Throwing It All Out Just Doesn't Make Sense'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) insisted on Monday that he's opposed to fully repealing the president's health care law even as he has begun e...

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Ben Nelson Now Says Health Care Reform Was 'Mistake'

Fremont Tribune | Chris Zavadil | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Ben Nelson said Tuesday it was a mistake for the Obama Administration to take on massive health care reforms in 2009, and suggested efforts would...

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Nelson Amendment Expected To Fall Short Even With GOP Support

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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An amendment restricting abortions does not appear to have enough support to be attached to the Senate healthcare bill. Senate Republican Whip Jon ...

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Ben Nelson Ad To Defend Health Care Vote

Lincoln Journal Star | Don Walton | Posted 05.25.2011

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As a fresh poll measured the political cost of Sen. Ben Nelson's health reform vote, he prepared Tuesday to take his case directly to Nebraskans durin...

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Nelson: I'm Comfortable Being Lone Democrat To Derail Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ben Nelson, a key conservative Senate Democrats, said on Wednesday that he was pleased with the changes party leadership had made to health care legis...

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Ben Nelson Says He Doesn't Enjoy The Spotlight

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), the last health care holdout in the Senate Democratic caucus, said Sunday that he does not enjoy being the center of attenti...

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August Ad Wars Begin: Progressive Group Targets Ben Nelson (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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As Congress approaches the August recess with health care legislation still in flux, progressive groups are making an early push to target wavering Se...

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Nelson Plans To Tell Obama To Slow Down On Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Ben Nelson hopes to offer President Obama some friendly health care advice when he and Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) meet at the White House today...

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Key Centrists Rally Around Conrad's Co-op Plan For Health Care (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Two centrist Senators who will play vital roles in the health care debate, said on Sunday that they were intrigued by the idea of structuring co-opera...

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Nelson Clarifies Position On Public Health Care Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) called the Huffington Post on Wednesday, following our latest story about his stance on a public health care option, to clari...

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DC's Got It Wrong with Nelson (and Other Red States)

Jane Fleming Kleeb | Posted 05.25.2011

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If DC groups stop villainizing Nelson and focus on the real obstacles of reform, they will not only move healthcare forward, they will build up the Democrats for long-term change in Nebraska.

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Ben Nelson All Alone In Quest To Block Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Ben Nelson announced at the beginning of this month that he opposed the creation of a public health care plan that people would have the option t...

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