The $100 Million Health Care Vote? Could Come on Saturday

The Senate healthcare vote may come as early as Saturday. Call and fax Senator Mary Landrieu's office now. She's being bought off with a $100 million dollar provision for Louisiana. Details below.

DC Voice: (202)224-5824, Fax:(202) 224-9735
New Orleans Voice: (504) 589-2427, Fax:(504) 589-4023
Shreveport Voice: (318) 676-3085, Fax:(318) 676-3100
Baton Rouge Voice: (225) 389-0395, Fax:(225) 389-0660
Lake Charles Voice: (337) 436-6650, Fax:(337) 439-3762

ABC News' Jonathan Karl reports:

What does it take to get a wavering senator to vote for health care reform?
Here’s a case study.

On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.”

The section spends two pages defining which “states” would qualify, saying, among other things, that it would be states that “during the preceding 7 fiscal years” have been declared a “major disaster area.”
I am told the section applies to exactly one state: Louisiana, the home of moderate Democrat Mary Landrieu, who has been playing hard to get on the health care bill.