Keith Hennessey is wondering what the purpose of the bill the House is considering is:

Why does the second health care bill provide sixteen States and DC with billions of dollars in unrestricted funding, spending which would produce no change in health insurance enrollment?
According to the description of the new second health bill just released by Congressional Democratic Leaders, sixteen States and DC will receive billions of new dollars that they will be able to use for any purpose. This funding is, in effect, fiscal stimulus, and will not expand health insurance enrollment.
This may sound crazy, but it’s a semi-logical overreaction to the Nebraska-specific Medicaid earmark in the Senate-passed health bill. In an attempt to provide equity, the new second health bill would give 16 States and the District of Columbia billions of dollars they could spend on purposes other than health care.