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Snyder Administration Pushing To Distance Medicaid Expansion From Obamacare

Gov. Snyder, Lt. Gov. Calley and others now using the phrase, 'Healthy Michigan'

Originally, Obamacare included the expansion of Medicaid to help cover some of the nation's uninsured, but the U.S. Supreme Court said that was unconstitutional.

So, now the federal government is using money from the Obamacare bill to entice states to expand it on their own, says one health policy expert.

With that in mind, a recent tweet from the staff of Michigan Lt. Gov. Brian Calley raised the eyebrows of Cato Institute's Mike Tanner, who wrote a book on Obamacare. Lt. Gov. Calley said the debate on Medicaid expansion is about reforming the system and is not linked to Obamacare.

"This is reform of our Medicaid system. Classifying it as 'Obamacare' is inaccurate," a Snyder administration staffer retweeted Lt. Gov. Calley as saying on July 2.

But Tanner says Obamacare is picking up the tab for any Medicaid expansion.

"The question to ask him (Lt. Gov. Calley) is: 'Would Michigan be taking these actions in the absence of Obamacare promises for future funding?' " Tanner said.

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"Healthy Michigan" explained...

Jeez, I just cannot imagine how could've the former mASSachusetts's governor who enacted Romneycare before it was known as Obamacare lost to Obama last November...

If anything, Majority Leader Randy Richardville said, he saved Gov. Rick Snyder from a big defeat more than two weeks ago by not calling a vote on House legislation to expand eligibility for government-provided health insurance to 320,000 low-income adults in 2014. The Republican governor had cut short a trade trip in Israel to return home and lobby the GOP-dominated Senate.

"I think he was convinced that the votes were there. I'm in the room where those votes get counted," Richardville, of Monroe, told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday, the day he outlined his expectations for a Senate workgroup that will study Medicaid expansion this summer.

"This debate, this issue, is alive because I provided leadership on this issue based on the feedback from the Senate Republican caucus. This thing was dead if we had taken a vote when it was being demanded that we take a vote. It wasn't a gentle request. There was a demand and then after the demand there was a - they called it a press conference. I've got other words to describe it, but I'm not going to use them."

Give him credit - he came through, we read.  A special thank you, we read.

LANSING, Mich. - Gov. Rick Snyder today offered the following statement as the July 4 holiday weekend gets under way:

"... That's why I applaud the U.S. Senate for its passage of bipartisan immigration reform legislation, and urge the U.S. House to do the same. [snip]"

Rick Snyder just placed ObamaCare exemptions (amnesty) to the front of the line over hiring already unemployed American citizens!

This corporate limousine liberal has to go.  The sooner it is admitted that voting Snyder in 2010 because "he's a Republican" was a mistake, the faster Party principle will be restored and upheld.  

"This is an important bill that will provide a long-term solution to help Michigan's most vulnerable citizens with their home energy and heating needs," "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs!," Snyder said.

Senate Bill 284, sponsored by state Sen. Mike Nofs (public sector union pensioned LEO), creates the Low Income Energy Assistance Fund (LIEAF). It authorizes the Public Service Commission to raise up to $50 million for low income energy assistance in Michigan. An additional $10 million from federal funds debt borrowing ChiCom monies exchanged for our natural resources, technology, and real estate for heating assistance will be put into LIEAF to ensure the program can reach Michiganders statewide.  LIEAF replaces the Vulnerable Household Warmth Fund, which expired in 2012.

SB 284 is now Public Act 95 of 2013.

Indeed.  And, the Governerd and his merry band of Lansing Republicans are entrenching us further into the IRS nightmare?  Where's the Gadsden flags blanketing Lansing? They were there in '09.  Hello!?!?

HB 4665: Eileen Kowall-r  - to extend the "temporary" 71.4% tipping fee hike from 2011 = PASSED by House MI-GOP (Thank you for your lone Republican NO vote, Rep. Nesbitt)

HB 4668: Jon Bumstead-r  - Hunting and Fishing tax hike... 106.6% increase for resident deer license, and basic fishing license 73.3% increase = unanimously PASSED by House MI-GOP

HB 4669: Jon Bumstead-r  - annual ORV sticker 61.5% tax hike, and if wanting to use state trails, make it a 123% tax hike = unanimously PASSED by House MI-GOP

Seriously, what the Hell is the point of voting Republican?  Just so one can say they didn't vote Democrat?  That's real intelligent.  I'm tellin' ya, the Republican Majority in Lansing, are Professional Grade Bandits.  No bullsh!t.

MI-GOP: Morbidly Into - Gnawing Our Pocketbooks

No matter if targeting for liberal or conservative groups, protecting the people of the state of Michigan from the abuses of government is one of the AG's duties. Bill Schuette today announced he is calling for a real investigation:

" I do not believe that President Barack Obama's administration is capable of investigating itself. That is why I have called for the appointment of a Special Prosecutor to investigate the I.R.S.'s actions targeting certain non-profit groups simply because of their political beliefs.

Allowing the I.R.S. to act in this heavy-handed, un-American way will have a chilling effect on our very American principles of freedom of speech, assembly and participation in the public sphere.

A special prosecutor is necessary to ensure that an investigation is independent, and that it uncovers the full extent of I.R.S. activities.

If you know of an organization that believes it has been targeted by the I.R.S, please forward that information and all supporting material to my office in care of my Director of Public Affairs, Rusty Hills, at hillsr@michigan.gov so that we can provide this information to U.S. Representative Dave Camp, Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, for his review.