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<\/a><\/p>\nMichigan House approves medicaid expansion bill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Medicaid expansion<\/a> approved by Michigan House, headed to Senate.<\/h3>\nIn a Republican-led Michigan House vote, hundreds of thousands additional low-income adults became eligible for Medicaid.<\/p>\n
Lawmakers approved expanding Medicaid eligibility in 2014 to 320,000 adults making up to 133 percent of the poverty line. According to estimates from Republican Gov. Rick Snyder, by 2021, nearly 500,000 Michiganders could enrol in the government-funded health insurance program.<\/p>\n
(Related: \u2018Pension poachers\u2019 blamed for backlog in approval of VA applications<\/a>)<\/p>\n\u201cI believe it\u2019s time for us to stop playing defense with something that is the law of the land and begin to play offense,\u201d said Rep. Mike Shirkey, R-Clark Lake, who was an opponent of Medicaid expansion<\/a> before changing his mind. \u201cThis is a very unique opportunity for us to negotiate from a position of strength to get reforms in what have been long-held entitlement reforms, real reforms that will help people and help (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michigan House approves medicaid expansion bill. Medicaid expansion approved by Michigan House, headed to Senate. In a Republican-led Michigan House vote, hundreds of thousands additional low-income adults became eligible for Medicaid. Lawmakers approved expanding Medicaid eligibility in 2014 to 320,000…<\/span><\/p>\n
\u201cI believe it\u2019s time for us to stop playing defense with something that is the law of the land and begin to play offense,\u201d said Rep. Mike Shirkey, R-Clark Lake, who was an opponent of Medicaid expansion<\/a> before changing his mind. \u201cThis is a very unique opportunity for us to negotiate from a position of strength to get reforms in what have been long-held entitlement reforms, real reforms that will help people and help (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Michigan House approves medicaid expansion bill. Medicaid expansion approved by Michigan House, headed to Senate. In a Republican-led Michigan House vote, hundreds of thousands additional low-income adults became eligible for Medicaid. Lawmakers approved expanding Medicaid eligibility in 2014 to 320,000…<\/span><\/p>\n