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… 205-230. 23 Thomas DeLeire, Leonard M. Lopoo and Kosali I. Simon, “Medicaid expansions and fertility in the United States” (Demography 48, no. 2, 2011): … 66, 2017): 119-131; Friederike Seifert, "The Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion and interstate migration in border regions of US States" (Review …

Public finances

… greater welfare benefits but that the stringency of rules had no discernible effect on migration patterns.[75] One study evaluates the effect of Medicaid expansion in Massachusetts in 2010. The authors find that Massachusetts’ health insurance subsidies for low-income individuals led to significant population …

Potential factors influencing birth rates

… childless women with similar backgrounds.[14] Expansions of the earned income tax credit also did not … low-income households. Examining the impact of Medicaid expansions in the 1980s, a team of researchers “conclude … there is no robust relationship between Medicaid expansions and fertility.”[23] Researchers often note …

COVID flexibilities that should outlive COVID-19

Here are nine suggestions for improving care and reducing costs

… Best practice telehealth expansion The pandemic demonstrated … relationships. 5. Reserve Medicaid resources for the truly needy Medicaid is the largest line item … In 2020, more than 25% of Medicaid spending went to people who … insurers to deliver much of the Medicaid program, every ineligible …

COVID Ratcheted up Federal Transfers to the State Budget

Federal transfers to Michigan jumped up to $33.0 billion

… Human Services oversees the state’s Medicaid program. The federal government tied … requirement that the state keep people on Medicaid during the pandemic, even if their … state has 637,000 more people on Medicaid than it did when the pandemic began. … the cash at hand to finance this expansion of state government. It has accumulated …

Medicaid Payments Should Go to Caregivers, Not to Unions

U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging

… Center strongly opposes the expansion of Medicaid payments to labor organizations … discover the redirection of Medicaid payments to labor organizations, … deduction of union dues from the Medicaid payments of home-based caregivers … system in which payments of Medicaid funds can be directed to …

Telemedicine

… payer insurance market and in Medicaid. This flexibility increases … comes to telemedicine for Medicaid recipients, including those … Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, state policymakers … Health and Human Services gave Medicaid recipients increased freedom … health care through the expansion of telemedicine can help …

Many Emergency Orders To Fight COVID-19 Should Be Put Into Law For Good

… following subjects: Certificate of Need: The law, which prevents the expansion of health care facilities and services, was rolled back to deal with the … most areas of state government, including K-12 schools, universities, Medicaid, Pure Michigan advertising and most departments. The virus changed that, …

Michigan’s Personal Income Tax During Pandemic

… allocations are to prisons, Medicaid and state universities. … them may be eligible for Medicaid. The pandemic may also cause … for people to be covered by Medicaid, and it makes those groups … If the number of people in Medicaid needing treatment for COVID-19 … services given to the Medicaid expansion population, which is …

Michigan’s Personal Income Tax During Pandemic

Pressure on tax revenues and the services the taxes pay for

… allocations are to prisons, Medicaid and state universities. … them may be eligible for Medicaid. The pandemic may also cause … for people to be covered by Medicaid, and it makes those groups … If the number of people in Medicaid needing treatment for COVID-19 … services given to the Medicaid expansion population, which is …

There May Finally Be Hope for Moving Health Care Policy in the Right Direction

… Obamacare gives states to extend Medicaid coverage to able-bodied, … keep the expanded form of Medicaid and use so-called market-based … choose to reside. Freeze Medicaid enrollment for able-bodied … director John Nixon said of the Medicaid program. In 2010, Michigan … the Legislature to revisit expansion if the projected savings …

2020: A New Day, or Groundhog Day?

… governments — not just Michigan’s — is Medicaid, and the Obamacare Medicaid expansion (i.e., Healthy Michigan) is … was originally forecast. The main Medicaid program for the low-income elderly, … safety agencies. Now the Obamacare expansion threatens to compound that problem. …

CapCon’s Top 10 Stories For 2019

Road Fix That Wasn’t, Gun-Free Zones, 1,100 Windmills Won’t Replace This Coal Plant

… only, not federal or local dollars. No. 4 Headline: Republicans Imposed Medicaid Work Requirements; Governor Wants To Undo Them From the story: Michigan’s … to require childless, able-bodied beneficiaries of the Obamacare Medicaid expansion to meet work, training or community service requirements. In a February …

Large Hospitals Want State Monopoly On New Cancer Treatment

And a state commission will give it to them unless legislature acts

… created in 1978 to limit capital expenditures by medical facilities on expansions and expensive technology. State Rep. Hank Vaupel, R-Fowlerville, chairman … said. “Half of all customers are covered by the government (Medicare and Medicaid).” While new cellular therapies using blood modified in a laboratory are …

Whitmer Coy On ‘Medicare For All,’ But Went Extra Mile For Obamacare’s Medicaid

A parliamentary maneuver that raised eyebrows

… up for the Obamacare Medicaid expansion. Whitmer joined all … Republicans) in voting “yes” on the expansion, which made more people eligible for Medicaid and was expected to send … that in the Senate. So, Medicaid expansion could not begin until … immediately. That way, the Medicaid expansion would go into effect …

Aretha Franklin, Medicaid, Mandated Dental Exams and More

This week's MichiganVotes roll call report

… Highway." Senate Bill 362, Ease reporting requirements for able-bodied Medicaid beneficiaries: Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate To grant greater leeway in … able-bodied individuals accepting health coverage benefits under the Medicaid expansion authorized by the federal health care law. A 2018 law made getting …

Republicans Imposed Medicaid Work Requirements; Governor Wants to Undo Them

Gov. Whitmer wants U-turn on making able-bodied medical welfare recipients get a job

… beneficiaries of the Obamacare Medicaid expansion to meet work, training … predicted that Michigan’s new Medicaid work requirements would cause … according to national experts on Medicaid and health care policy, many … were eligible for the Medicaid expansion in Arkansas re-enrolled, … someone who receives Medicaid-expansion benefits and is able …

Mackinac Center Releases 2019 Policy Recommendations

The Mackinac Center releases 2019 policy recommendations

… propriety of all state occupational licenses. Defend Medicaid Work Requirements: Work or community engagement … receive benefits through the Healthy Michigan Medicaid-expansion program were passed last year and should … able-bodied adults and protect the individuals that Medicaid was originally intended for. “The new political …

Gov. Whitmer Calls for Six Expansions of Government in First ‘State of the State’ Address

Mackinac Center provides annual tally of expansions and limitations

… Gretchen Whitmer called for six expansions of government and one limitation. This is fewer proposed expansions than the average number … of which would require an expansion of government. The Mackinac … Public Policy has tallied the expansions and limitations in the State … able-bodied adults receiving Medicaid to seek work, volunteer or …

Up 10 Percent And $3.2 Billion, State Still ‘Starved For Revenue’

Long-time budget analysts stuck on half-empty

… seeking comment. Bean responded to an email, but he claimed the Senate Fiscal Agency numbers that it cited included federal dollars including Medicaid expansion money. They did not.

Mackinac Center Experts at State Policy Network’s Annual Meeting

… a vision of a freer nation. Lindsay Killen, vice president for strategic outreach and communications, was a presenter on a panel discussing Medicaid expansion. She also moderated a panel on how and when to take your issue campaigns to the national level. Michael Reitz, executive vice president, was …

Last Call: Reviewing Pre-election Votes Of The 2017-2018 Legislature

November 2 MichiganVotes weekly roll call

… 2017-2018 session. Senate Bill 897, Impose work requirement on able-bodied Medicaid recipients: Passed 26 to 11 in the Senate on April 19, 2018 To require … able-bodied individuals enrolled in the the federal health care law's Medicaid expansion to work at least 80 hours a month for at least nine months a year, …

Granholm: Income Tax Would Be Lower If GOP Left It Alone

Republicans repealed scheduled reductions in former Democratic governor’s 2007 tax hike

… government has become accustomed to the revenue,” he said. Pavlov pointed to special interests, including those focused on the 2013 Obamacare Medicaid expansion, and a steady increase in funding for public schools. His explanation for the initial 2007 vote to increase rates was that “the tax eaters were …

Make Your Issue More Popular Instead of Complaining About Term Limits

… legislators Loss of experience, knowledge and institutional memory Loss of relationships that help with complex legislation like auto insurance and Medicaid expansion State per-capita income declines Nepotism No long-term fix for Detroit Public Schools Poorer quality legislative language and more partisanship …

Happy New (Fiscal) Year; State Spending Up But Not By Much

Inflation-adjusted figures show Snyder mostly held the line on spending

Spurred by the Obamacare Medicaid expansion and increases in the state gas tax and vehicle registration tax, overall spending by Michigan’s state government … to the Legislature and governor accepting the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion in 2013. The Michigan Department of Transportation’s spending increased …

Gov. Rick Snyder’s Fiscal Policy Legacy

A review

… Snyder administration pressed legislators to accept the Obamacare Medicaid expansion that made families and childless adults with incomes of up to 138 … shaped where state government is today: There is more money for roads, Medicaid, schools and for a rainy day, too. There were both tax increases and …

Auto Insurance Reform for Seniors, Repeal Prevailing Wage, Medicaid Work

June 8, 2018 MichiganVotes weekly roll call report

… Bill 897, Impose work requirement on able-bodied Medicaid recipients: Passed 62 to 47 in the House To … able-bodied individuals enrolled in the Medicaid expansion authorized by the federal health care law … Bill 897, Impose work requirement on able-bodied Medicaid recipients: Passed 25 to 11 in the Senate The …

Lawmakers Repeal Prevailing Wage and Pass Work Requirements for Able-Bodied Medicaid Population

Repeal of union wage mandates and application of Medicaid work requirements will benefit taxpayers and Michigan’s economy

… population enrolled in the state’s Medicaid program. Both reforms save … the “Healthy Michigan” Medicaid-expansion program. Individuals … important that we remember why Medicaid was established in the first … the Mackinac Center. “But Medicaid has ballooned into an unwieldy … and disabled individuals Medicaid was originally intended for.” …

Michigan Economy Rebounds, But Medicaid Enrollment Soars

Republicans drove increase in Medicaid spending while food stamps decline

… receiving either food stamps or Medicaid assistance increased by over … in the number collecting Medicaid benefits. The number of … driven by the Obamacare Medicaid expansion championed by Gov. Rick … traditional (1.8 million) or expansion (698,733) Medicaid assistance … adults in their Obamacare Medicaid expansion, despite promises that …

Sponsor Of Medicaid Work Requirements: They’re The ‘Right Thing To Do’

Able-bodied beneficiaries would have to get a job, get training, go to school or do community service

… as a condition of getting Medicaid health benefits. These bills … Michigan’s acceptance of the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable … authorizing the Obamacare Medicaid expansion also required the state … R-Clarklake, when the Michigan Medicaid expansion bill was considered, … committee that reported the expansion bill to the full House. …

As Medicaid Costs Skyrocket, States Have a New Opportunity to Innovate

New guidance on work requirements indicates potential for reforms

States have seen Medicaid costs skyrocket over the last decade … comes from the Center for Medicaid Services, which last week … federal guidance for the Medicaid program, which includes giving … about Michigan’s rising Medicaid expansion costs, which will likely … budget. Though Michigan’s Medicaid expansion under the Affordable …

Michigan Legislature’s 10 Most Revealing Votes of 2017

Which side were your lawmakers on?

… hospital lobby. Big Hospital perhaps became the state’s most powerful special interest after the 2013 Legislature voted to accept the Obamacare Medicaid expansion. That move brought approximately $4 billion in annual “free” federal dollars that now flow to Michigan hospitals. Senate Bill 335, Accommodate …

Half Of Able-Bodied Michigan Medicaid Expansion Enrollees Don’t Work

More than 600,000 enrolled, while total state unemployment down to just 218,000

… accept the Obamacare Medicaid expansion in 2013, it was estimated … poverty level would enroll in Medicaid. The actual number turned … people in the able-bodied Medicaid expansion population do not work … number of able-bodied Medicaid expansion clients who are not … efforts, warned that Medicaid expansion fosters dependency among …

Dog-Fight Dogs, Obamacare, Financial Exploitation, Multi-Lingual State Websites

August 18, 2017 MichiganVotes weekly roll call report

… action at this time. House Bill 4598: Freeze enrollment in Obamacare Medicaid expansion Introduced by Rep. Gary Glenn (R), to freeze enrollment in the state Medicaid expansion authorized by the 2010 federal health care law and a 2013 Michigan …

Michigan Medicaid Patient Can't Find Care, So She Pays For Innovative Alternative

Direct Primary Care: 'You pay a flat fee ... and it's amazing'

When Michigan expanded Medicaid in 2013, one person who was … state's version of the Medicaid expansion component of the Affordable … doctors included under a state Medicaid managed care contract in … any insurance, let alone Medicaid. She thought there was no … of lawmakers, not just for Medicaid, which costs taxpayers billions, …

The Hypocrisy of 'Public' Education Rhetoric

What’s being protected here: The Constitution or union dues?

… often already benefit from health care vouchers (Medicaid) and food vouchers (Bridge Card, SNAP and WIC) … educational voucher programs broadly support both Medicaid expansion and federal food aid expansion, without constitutional concerns about their …

Obamacare in Michigan: 32 Percent More Than Projected Take Medicaid Expansion

State’s free ride about to end on free coverage for able-bodied adults

… adoption of the Obamacare Medicaid expansion could cost state taxpayers … 630,609 have enrolled for the expansion here as of October 2016 — … Michigan’s share of the Medicaid expansion costs are projected … expenses. The study, titled “Expansion Enrollment is Shattering Projections,” says that Michigan’s Medicaid enrollment spike is part …

State Health Policy Toolkit

10 reforms state lawmakers can implement now

… is repealed. 3. Verifying Medicaid Eligibility Problem: The … eligibility. 4. Unwind the Medicaid Expansion Problem: This state … at the same rate. The Medicaid expansion did not increase the … less needy than the pre-expansion population. As a result any … from the less needy Medicaid expansion population. If the feds …

The Most Important State Election This November: Michigan's Next House Speaker

Three representatives face off for the top spot

… (VerHeulen “yes” with Greimel and Leonard “no”), accepting the Obamacare Medicaid expansion (VerHeulen and Leonard "no" with Greimel "yes"), and a few votes … because “doing so would push more Michiganders onto government programs like Medicaid and Medicare.” VerHeulen defended his vote on the internet sales tax, …

Michigan Budget on Course for $7 Billion Rise Under Republicans

From $47.6 billion in 2011 to $55 billion

… billion to $55 billion. Much of this 16 percent increase will have been due to more federal money flowing into the state under the Obamacare Medicaid expansion. When federal dollars are excluded, state spending from state sources will have increased from $27.9 billion to $32.3 billion, a rise of about …

Hohman in LSJ: Road Tax Hike to Fund Medicaid Expansion

… agreed to last fall could essentially be used to pay for the state’s Medicaid expansion, Mackinac Center’s James Hohman argues in an op-ed published by the … that $400 million general fund allocation will pay for Michigan’s Medicaid expansion and increases in the Department of Health and Human Services and …

Legislation Would Prevent State From Advertising to Get More People on Medicaid

Program expanded 30 percent beyond projections

… administration of Gov. Rick Snyder gave to its adoption of the Obamacare Medicaid expansion. During the expansion debate in 2013, it was estimated that somewhat more than 400,000 people …

Governor’s Budget Pays for Medicaid Expansion with a Gas Tax

Michigan's revenue growth is set to continue

… roads to pay for the state’s Medicaid expansion. Normally, roads are paid by … the executive budget: the state’s Medicaid program. The state is required to … decision to let more people sign up for Medicaid, part of a deal made under Obamacare. … Because of this increase and the expansion of other services, the state’s Department …

Legislature Hoping for Improbable Federal Rescue of Medicaid Expansion

Without waiver, it's back to the drawing board

The Obamacare Medicaid expansion approved by the Michigan Legislature … Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services grants Michigan … for the 600,000 people the expansion added to the state’s medical … Michigan accept the Medicaid expansion, he relied on projections … legislators accepted the Medicaid expansion after a bitter three-sided …

Bill Would Ban Advertising to Get More People on Medicaid

State Senator: This 'just encourages more people to become dependent on government'

… adoption of the Obamacare Medicaid expansion. The current state … annually to promote the Medicaid expansion to potential enrollees. … Legislature to accept the Medicaid expansion, after the U.S. Supreme … loosen eligibility rules on Medicaid. That summer, amid rancor … Legislature approved the expansion by allowing Democratic lawmakers …

Michigan’s Obamacare Medicaid Expansion

Incentives gone awry

… Legislature passed a bill expanding Medicaid, a core component of the … the hubbub surrounding the expansion bill was a section requiring … most vocal critic of Medicaid expansion in the state Senate. … about the Obamacare Medicaid expansion: Increased dependency, … Also: Mackinac Center Medicaid Expansion Coverage

Politicians Misrepresent Road Funding Bills to Promote Tax Hike

Slower spending growth is not a 'cut'

… people applying for government assistance, though the Obamacare-driven expansion of Medicaid will mean some increased spending. And while government pension costs …

Obamacare Exchange: Michigan Dodged a Bullet

… hadn’t yet got in the habit of violating the “Hastert rule” and rolling the caucus majority by passing bills with Democratic votes, which is how Medicaid expansion became law the following year.) There are no “wooden stakes” in Lansing though — bad policy proposals never die. If the U.S. Supreme Court …

As Obamacare is Implemented, Part-Time Jobs at All Time High

U.S. has had a record 27 million people working 35 or fewer hours a week the past five years

… a greater reliance on part-time work, which is probably not a good thing for most workers.” ~~~~~ See also: Report: Michigan's Obamacare Medicaid Expansion Exceeds Projections by 22 Percent Obamacare's Michigan Tale: Small Drop in Uninsured While Families Pay More Michigan Paid 'Stupidity of American …

Michigan’s Obamacare Medicaid Expansion Exceeds Projections by 22 Percent

Cost may be much more expensive than originally assumed

… under the Obamacare Medicaid expansion. Here’s what the authors … adopt his Obamacare Medicaid expansion plan, he too sold it … adults enrolled in ObamaCare expansion in the first three months … that Michigan did not expand Medicaid eligibility until April, … states accepted the Medicaid expansion because lawmakers were …

What the New Legislature Should Stand For — And What It Should Not

… the Legislature strayed from its initial limited-government approach. It expanded a poorly performing welfare program by passing the Obamacare Medicaid expansion. Although the Legislature finally engaged Detroit’s fiscal problems rather than “kick the can down the road,” taxpayers were forced to bail …

Obamacare's Michigan Tale: Small Drop in Uninsured While Families Pay More

Four things about Obamacare in Michigan

… care coverage; it has always been a massive Medicaid expansion scheme. In Michigan, federal figures show 303,000 residents were added to Medicaid rolls between the third quarter of 2013 and the … coverage, another was thrown into an already-strained Medicaid program. If you like your health insurance, you …

What the New Legislature Should Stand For – and What It Should Not

A time for choosing in Michigan

… actions fell short of the limited government approach. The Legislature expanded a poorly performing welfare program by passing the Obamacare Medicaid expansion. The good news was, for the first time in a generation a governor and Legislature seriously engaged the problem of Detroit's finances rather …

CapCon Interview with Founding Editor Ken Braun and Mackinac Center President Joseph G. Lehman

On its fifth year anniversary, a history lesson

… Leon and only a few others voting against most spending and government expansions. These were things the news media weren’t paying much attention to at … ended the SEIU’s unconscionable skimming of so-called dues dollars from Medicaid recipients without CapCon reporter Jack Spencer’s work. That union quietly …

Doctors Accepting More Medicaid Patients – for Now

… Michigan doctors accepting Medicaid patients, leaving the impression that Medicaid expansion in Michigan is a success. … says: The vast majority of Medicaid benefits in Michigan are … who is willing to accept Medicaid’s below-market payment. Under … adopt the Obamacare Medicaid expansion. But that extra federal …

'Hastert Rule' May Impact Michigan House GOP Leadership Race

… rule has become an issue is because we’ve seen things pass, like Medicaid expansion — and there were a few other times that the caucus basically got run over.” Medicaid expansion passed twice in the House with slightly less than a majority of the …

Libertarian Think Tank Grades Gov. Snyder Low for Tax Hike Intentions

… gets points for dialing-back his predecessor’s massive and bipartisan expansion of corporate welfare, and phasing out most property taxes on business … "Finally, it’s odd that Cato’s methodology didn’t incorporate the Medicaid expansion, arguably Snyder’s most consequential and potentially damaging act …

Choosing the Next Michigan Speaker of the House

Some key differences between the potential leaders

… superficial. A key difference is on the Obamacare Medicaid expansion which Reps. Pscholka and Lyons voted for … the members of his own caucus. In 2013, Medicaid expansion was passed by the House with the Democrats … Although the Republican members who opposed Medicaid expansion put up little resistance on the House floor, …

Right-to-Work Will be Blamed

If Gov. Snyder loses re-election

… flirtation with policies some consider as gateways to recognition of gay marriage; and economic conservatives see many of his policies (especially Medicaid expansion and his efforts to double the fuel tax) as being too government-centric. All of these reasons, and perhaps a few others, will surely be mentioned …

Disdain for Politics Gov. Snyder's Undoing?

An analysis of the gubernatorial race

… change, but mistakenly believe they were. In 2013, Gov. Snyder wanted Medicaid expansion. Polls showed that a majority of Republican voters opposed it. His … President Barack Obama left him with two bad choices and he’d decided Medicaid expansion was the lesser evil of the two. Rather than adopting this message, …

Incumbents Outspent Challengers 5-to-1 In Competitive Primary Races

… $359,534 to $120,754 in the final reporting period leading up to the Aug. 5 vote. All nine of the incumbents in these featured races voted for the Medicaid expansion and in two of the nine races the incumbent spent more than $100,000 trying to ward off defeat. One of those two incumbents was Rep. Frank Foster, …

No Shortage of Issues To Attack On In Michigan's 15th District Senate Primary

Sen. Mike Kowall, Matt Maddock and Ron Molnar

… Republican principles are saying: ‘Why bother voting at all?’ “My opponent Mike Kowall was one of the eight Senate Republicans who voted for Medicaid expansion; is that representing Republican principles?” Maddock asked. “He voted (unofficially) to increase the gas tax by 44 cents; is that standing …

Incumbent’s Record Targeted and Defended in Michigan's 46th

Rep. Bradford Jacobsen and John Reilly discuss their differences on energy mandates, select subsidies

Medicaid expansion and Common Core have taken center stage in the 46th House … the Healthy Michigan Plan (Medicaid expansion) and Common Core,” Rep. Jacobsen … Constitution.” “That’s why I oppose Medicaid expansion and Common Core,” Reilly continued. … Jacobsen why he voted “yes" on Medicaid expansion. “I think we had a sound business …

Defining The Primary In Michigan's 89th: Two Candidates, Two Views

Rep. Amanda Price vs. Matthew Wiedenhoeft

… Price casting what he considers to have been bad votes. “It is about generational changing issues my opponent has supported and voted for, like Medicaid expansion, Common Core, the minimum wage increase, the Detroit bailout and the Internet tax,” Wiedenhoeft told Capitol Confidential. Rep. Price sees …

Pricey GOP Primary Race For Michigan’s 4th Congressional District

State Sen. John Moolenaar and retired businessman Paul Mitchell discuss Export-Import Bank, energy and health policy

… market incentives, changes to Medicaid, energy policy, and federal … glaring example of the massive expansion of the size and scope of … health exchanges and Medicaid expansion in the state Legislature. … against Obamacare's Medicaid expansion and Common Core. Washington … billions to fund the Medicaid expansion and to create the Obamacare …

Mitchell Ad About Moolenaar: Truthful or Over the Top?

Sen. Moolenaar: ‘The ad he is using is very deceitful’

… 2011 and against the Medicaid expansion in 2013. So why is he … after the passage of Medicaid expansion and the rejection of … the budget that expanded Medicaid and funded Obamacare.” As … Obamacare exchange and Medicaid expansion,” he said. “The ad he … including the ‘Obamacare’ expansion.’” Q. Are those who view …

Obamacare's Survival up to State Legislators

Figures for Halbig's Michigan impact

… the ruling means right now for Michigan: Much of this state’s political class — including many of the politicians who voted for the Obamacare Medicaid expansion — will loudly demand that the Michigan Legislature immediately create a state exchange. The chorus will be led by the law’s cheerleaders in …

Incumbent’s Voting Record, Philosophy Challenged In Michigan's 107th

Rep. Frank Foster vs. Lee Chatfield

… I’m here to help.’ I believe that’s true. “My opponent voted for Medicaid expansion, adding to the community of people who are in the program and accelerating spending,” Chatfield continued. “It is the biggest expansion since the 1960s. To me, putting more people on a welfare program should …

July 18, 2014, Michigan Legislature Roll Call Report

Key votes from 2013-14

… session. House Bill 4714, Approve Medicaid expansion: Passed 76 to 31 in the House on June 13, 2013 To expand Medicaid eligibility to families and childless … Approve federal health care law Medicaid expansion: Passed 20 to 18 in the Senate … the federal health care law Medicaid expansion. This was signed into law by …

Stances on Corporate Welfare a Difference In Michigan's 39th House Race

Rep. Klint Kesto vs. Deb O'Hagan

… local Republican politics for years and founded the Lakes Area Tea Party. She is taking on Rep. Klint Kesto primarily for his support of the Medicaid expansion and Common Core. The district is in Oakland County and is home to Wixom, Commerce Township and West Bloomfield Township. It has a 52 percent …

Incumbent’s Voting Record Targeted In Michigan's 86th District House Primary Race

Rep. Lisa Posthumus Lyons vs. Angela Rigas

… really was she wouldn't have voted 'yes' on Medicaid expansion, the Detroit bailout, the minimum wage increase, … "Look at what has happened with issues like Medicaid expansion. They want us to believe things that just … almost all of the lawmakers who voted for it (Medicaid expansion) will be gone by that time. I think people …

Contrast Over Right-to-Work, Film Subsidies, Detroit Bailout In 31st District Senate Race

State Sen. Mike Green vs. State Rep. Kevin Daley

… Green said he voted for the exchange because he wanted the state to operate it instead of the federal government. "This was the exchange, not Medicaid expansion," Sen. Green said. "I voted for it because I didn't want the federal government coming in to Michigan and cramming it down our throats. If there …

Select Business Subsidies, Endorsements Are Differences In 37th District Senate GOP Primary

State Representatives Wayne Schmidt and Greg MacMaster face off

… only House member who switched his vote on Medicaid expansion last summer. He voted "yes" in June, the … after Labor Day. Rep Schmidt voted "yes" on Medicaid expansion both times. Michigan Capitol Confidential … won't allow it. But I spoke out against the Medicaid expansion the second time around, and on the gas tax …

'He's Just Making That Up' — No Shortage of Attacks In 3rd Congressional District GOP Primary

Congressman Justin Amash vs. Brian Ellis

… addition to corporate welfare, he supports Medicaid expansion in Michigan and he supports common core," … the claims made by their opponent. "On Medicaid expansion I said it was a tough call and I might have … was willing to trust their judgment. But Medicaid expansion was a state issue. The bigger issue is Obamacare. …

June 13, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report

Education, e-cigarettes and guns

… spending, compared to $34.4 billion originally authorized for the current fiscal year (which was prior to adoption of the federal health care law's Medicaid expansion). Of this, $17.6 billion comes from state tax, fee and other revenue, compared to $16.9 billion the previous year. The rest is federal money …

A Center-Right Candidate Questionnaire that Digs Deeper

… corporate welfare, regulation, expansions of government, renewable … number of people on Michigan's Medicaid medical welfare rolls, which … "no" on all extensions or expansions of "economic development" … construction projects and facility expansions, given that many experts … education bubble, and the expansion of higher-value alternatives …

Detroit Bailout Makes for Strange Bedfellows

… however, in adopting an even more critical Obamacare component — its huge expansion of Medicaid. To make that happen, Gov. Snyder was forced to rely on mostly Democratic …

Michigan State Budget Process Allows For Plausible Deniability

How Republicans may sneak through some bad spending provisions

… 2013, he did it with the Medicaid expansion issue. There are advantages … the appropriations for Medicaid expansion. Yes, these are federal … Republicans who opposed Medicaid expansion consider it politically … the Republicans if the Medicaid expansion appropriations and the … would be to keep the Medicaid expansion appropriation and the …

Legislative Reforms in 2013 Leave Much to be Desired

… we’ll begin with the bad news: Obamacare Medicaid Expansion. Maybe its members will amaze us with an … for enacting Michigan’s largest welfare state expansion since the 1960s. Perhaps they believed the law’s promise that, “If you like the 90 percent federal Medicaid match-rate starting in 2020, you can keep it.” …

Medicaid Expansion Studies Weren't Trustworthy

Analysis reveals multiple flaws

… adopt the Obamacare Medicaid expansion has been exposed as … lawmakers here who supported the expansion, and probably tilted others … states that do not expand Medicaid." Jackson Hewitt estimated … in penalties without the expansion. Not so fast. The Foundation … are already eligible for Medicaid without the state expansion …

Not Pretty: 2013 Legislative Roundup

… with the bad news: Obamacare Medicaid expansion: Maybe its members will amaze … Michigan's largest welfare state expansion since the 1960s. Perhaps they believed … you like the 90 percent federal Medicaid match rate starting in 2020, you … the phase-in if the Obamacare Medicaid expansion is ever rescinded. Gov. Snyder …

March 7, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report

… Detroit. Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"   Senate Bill 608, Revise Medicaid expansion funding; authorize extra spending: Passed 65 to 44 in the House … source changes triggered by adoption of the federal health care law Medicaid expansion starting in April. The bill also appropriates $215 million in additional …

A Legislative Agenda for 2014

… handful of lucky “winner” firms, while doing nothing to grow the state economy or increase the total number of jobs. — Repeal the Obamacare Medicaid expansion. Instead, join with other states to press for the federal government to “block grant” the program with no strings attached to the 50 state laboratories …

Commentary: A Legislative Agenda for 2014

Get back to the 2011 and 2012 reform agenda.

… and durable "best practices incentive." Legislators will inevitably succumb to pressure and hollow out other forms.) -- Repeal the Obamacare Medicaid expansion. Instead, join with other states to press for the federal government to "block grant" the program with no strings attached to the 50 state laboratories …

Tax Cut ‘Fever’?

Happy New Year!

… most momentous action taken by the current Legislature: a $3 billion expansion of the Medicaid medical welfare program, which is a key Obamacare component. Michigan …

2013 In Review: Worker Freedom, Medicaid Expansion Took Center Stage

… Snyder pushed hard for the expansion of Medicaid in Michigan and got his wish. … in Michigan cashed larger Medicaid checks than they had for … caregivers returned to them. Medicaid Expansion Takes Place in Michigan … Controlled Legislature Passes Medicaid Expansion

Happy New Year: The Center Looks Back and Looks Forward

… — the number of proposed expansions and limitations of government … average number of proposed expansions at 16.25. Gov. Rick Snyder's … offered four times as many expansions of state government than … $3 billion in additional Medicaid spending. This was not the … exactly zero proposed new expansions of state government.  Here's …

Top 25 for 2013

… Shouldn’t Subsidize Higher Education Huffington Post Gets Charter School Story Wrong Eight Senate Republicans Join Democrats in Passing Obamacare Medicaid Expansion Public Employee Pension Systems Raided to Pay Film Studio Bills While Local Governments Fight Food Trucks, State Subsidizes Some of Them Higher …

Our Latest Studies: What Do They Do?

Mackinac Updates

… “Waivers Are Temporary But Expansion is Forever” Propopents of Medicaid expansion in Michigan  argued … reforms in the bill made the expansion’s long-term fiscal risks worth … “waivers” from the standard Medicaid regulations and legal requirements. … foundation for any genuine Medicaid reforms. First, as the title …

October 25, 2013, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report

… titled watercraft or recreational vehicle, but phase this tax break in over 24 years, and halt the phase-in if the federal health care law's Medicaid expansion (authorized by House Bill 4714) is rescinded. Under this bill and Senate Bill 89, when fully phased-in the buyer would only pay sales tax on …

MICHIGAN CAPITOL CONFIDENTIAL

Fall 2013 Edition

… in the way of liberty, happiness GOP Controlled Legislature Passed Medicaid Expansion; Gov. Snyder Signed Bill Experts: Earthquakes, Water Usage Not Concerns … SEIU Under Investigation over Prop 4 ‘Dues Skim’ took $35 million from Medicaid recipients Loss of Funding Not To Blame For School District Failures State, …

Celebrating the Past, Looking Forward

… the taxpayers. Well, some of our friends recently enacted the biggest expansion of state government I can recall by adopting the Medicaid expansion tied to the president's health law, and the $3 billion in "free" …

October 4, 2013, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report

… Adjourn 2013 legislature immediately so Medicaid expansion can begin Jan. 1: Failed by voice vote in … the federal health care law ("Obamacare") Medicaid expansion can go into effect at the start of 2013. When the legislature approved the expansion in August they did not give the measure "immediate …

Bill Grants Big Businesses Power to Raise Taxes in 'Business Improvement Zones'

State Rep: 'Corporate welfare is a bipartisan issue'

… also: Lansing Builds a 'Scaffolding for Plunder' Bill Would Nix Annual Political Contribution Recertification New Bill Starts Discussion On Medicaid Expansion Alternatives Senate Bill Would Increase Government Housing Subsidies Legislation Grants More Money, Taxpayer Debt For University Construction …

MiChild Reimbursement Rate Being Cut

… the whole thing with Medicaid expansion is wrong. And it's really … are no longer accepting new Medicaid patients. That means an increasing … the people on programs like Medicaid, with low reimbursement rates, … are moving these kids to a Medicaid HMO (health maintenance organization),” … somewhat higher than the Medicaid rate but lower than the Blue …

The Road to Reason

… Changes Lives” videos (which we feature on the Mackinac Center’s new Medicaid expansion home page: www.mackinac.org/Medicaid_Expansion). Our concerted effort … be education, to two sisters waiting outside the ICU for their sister, whose Medicaid insurance doesn’t cover routine dental care but only emergency care. Since …

Michigan Votes

The Devil in the Details

… isn’t “fixed” yet. In particular, a creeping expansion of government continues, with higher state spending and … big push to implement Obamacare with a huge expansion of the Medicaid medical welfare program. Now more than ever, …

Republicans Backsliding After Solid Reforms

… Legislature is backsliding and risks fully slipping into its business-as-usual mode. Recent examples include a measure to implement Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion and to raise many fees. Coming soon may be a net-sales tax increase on internet shoppers, and authorizing new local government borrow-and-spend …

September 6, 2013, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report

… 4714, Final vote on federal health care law Medicaid expansion: Passed 75 to 32 in the House To concur … Senate made to the House-passed bill to expand Medicaid eligibility to 138 percent of the federal poverty … this bill "immediate effect," which means the expansion cannot proceed until early April, 2014, rather …