Nelson Health Care

Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics


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...

Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics


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

Jeff Muskus

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics


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...

Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.15.2009 | Politics


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...

Ryan Grim

Nelson Clarifies Position On Public Health Care Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics


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...

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

Jane Fleming Kleeb | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics


Jane Fleming Kleeb

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.

Ryan Grim

Ben Nelson All Alone In Quest To Block Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics


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...