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Hohman in LSJ: Road Tax Hike to Fund Medicaid Expansion

… lawmakers 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 … rolls in that $400 million general fund allocation will pay for Michigan’s Medicaid expansion and increases in the Department of Health and Human Services …

The Dirty Secret of GOP Obamacare Capitulation

Tea Party leader dissects Medicaid expansion

… Legislature votes to accept the Obamacare Medicaid expansion, it will prop-up an unpopular … vote yes. But House Bill 4714 (the Medicaid expansion) was voted out of committee … establishment wants to move forward with the Medicaid expansion. …It is customary, but … through 2022 if they approve the Medicaid expansion.  

Economic Growth Drives Budget Priorities

Largest gains were schools, roads and Medicaid

… Legislature’s top priorities: schools, roads and Medicaid. The transportation budget increased from $5.0 … The largest increases in state spending are on Medicaid. With federal transfers, the state is budgeted … human services department, up from $25.5 billion. Medicaid itself counts for the bulk of the increases, …

May 17, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Vote Report

Deer hunting, "excess" property tax and Medicaid

… to accept federal health care law Medicaid expansion: Failed 13 to 25 in the … billion in federal money to expand Medicaid eligibility under the terms of the … Voted "No"  Senate Bill 335, Extend Medicaid "gamesmanship" insurance tax: Passed … tax intended to “game” the federal Medicaid system in ways that result in higher …

Michigan Republicans Go Wobbly on Obamacare

Medicaid expansion props up vulnerable law

… may also refuse the law's Medicaid expansion. Yet Republicans … pressure and accepting the Medicaid expansion. Some in the majority … month cap on benefits), the Medicaid expansion is bad policy because … implementation today by approving the Medicaid expansion reduce the chances … Foundation Trust not in Obamacare Medicaid Cost-Share Promises – Mackinac …

Statewide Survey Shows Underwhelming Support for Expanding Medicaid in Michigan

Statewide Survey Shows Underwhelming Support for Expanding Medicaid in Michigan

… Michigan should not expand Medicaid under Obamacare because taxpayers … House are pushing to expand Medicaid in Michigan with the promise … “convincing argument” not to expand Medicaid because it would “allow too … abundant evidence that optional Medicaid expansion will impose much … should not rush into the Medicaid expansion because there are …

Michigan deserves accountability for Medicaid

States must resume checking for eligibility

… eligibility for those receiving Medicaid. But Gov. Gretchen Whitmer … to ensure people receiving Medicaid are eligible for it, Michigan … to protect the profits of Medicaid insurance companies at the … engaged in routine reviews of Medicaid beneficiaries' eligibility. … enrollment of everyone on Medicaid — even if enrollees became …

Commentary: House GOP Leadership's Obamacare Flip-Flop

No explanation for June’s sudden Medicaid expansion reversal

… related to the Obamacare Medicaid expansion occurred in the … GOP members had opposed Medicaid expansion all year, but suddenly … you. They don't really want Medicaid expansion in Michigan. They … released that was a recipe for Medicaid expansion, with no 48-month … House Republicans who oppose Medicaid expansion. While interpersonal …

MichiganVotes: House GOP Medicaid Expansion Plan Faces Hurdles

… Thursday that would expand Medicaid, but the measure includes … government might reject.  Medicaid expansion is the No 1 issue … administration wants states to expand Medicaid, which would lock them into … Michigan would go along with Medicaid expansion only if the federal … would get the expansion of Medicaid it wants in exchange for …