[lbo-talk] self-interest

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Oct 22 06:35:54 PDT 2009


[from The Note]

Ron Brownstein unearths a fascinating insight: Those who vote against health care reform are most likely to see their constituents benefit from it. "Yet many House members from both groups [Republicans and Blue Dog Democrats] represent districts with an elevated number of people who lack health insurance," Brownstein writes in the new National Journal. "That dynamic creates the likelihood of a deeply ironic result: If health care reform passes, many of the districts that benefit most from the federal subsidies to expand access to coverage will be those represented by members who voted against the bill."

[Map: http://www.nationaljournal.com/flash/nj/uninsured/Uninsured.html]



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