… 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 …
… 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, …
… 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 …
… 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 …
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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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.” …
… 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 …
… 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. …
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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
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, …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… (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, …
… 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 …