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<\/a><\/p>\nMedicaid expansion<\/a> in Michigan has taken a slight pitstop, and will not take effect until late March or early April instead of Jan. 1. The senate sent HB 4714 to the House Tuesday morning, but failed to vote on granting the bill immediate effect.<\/p>\n Senate Democrats pushed to call for a vote on immediate effect, but Lt. Gov. Brian Calley, who presides over the Senate, told the chamber that the bill had already been delivered to the House.<\/p>\n (Related:\u00a0Advance Care Planning Lessons for Oakland County Residents<\/a>)<\/p>\n Despite the drama in the Senates, lasting eight hours, eight Republicans joined all 12 Senate Democrats and passed the bill 75-32 that would expand Medicaid to close to 450,000 of the state\u2019s working poor adults.<\/p>\n To grant the bill immediate effect, supermajority was required, and it fell two votes short of the 26 needed.<\/p>\n \u201cThe people of our state are left to pay the price because the Senate Republicans chose (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Medicaid expansion in Michigan has taken a slight pitstop, and will not take effect until late March or early April instead of Jan. 1. The senate sent HB 4714 to the House Tuesday morning, but failed to vote on granting…<\/span><\/p>\n