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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.