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Snyder ends trade trip to push Medicaid expansion in Mich.
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder on Wednesday cut short his trade trip to Israel to return home and lobby reluctant fellow Republicans to expand Medicaid to more Michigan adults, as the clock ticked before lawmakers break for the summer....Tags: Government Health Care, Health Insurance, Executive Branch, Trips and Vacations, Primaries
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Michigan House panel approves Medicaid expansion
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers have taken a step toward making more low-income adults eligible for government-funded health insurance. A divided House committee approved legislation Wednesday expanding Medicaid eligibility to 320,000...Tags: Government Health Care, Health Insurance, Rick Snyder
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Conservative activists oppose Snyder's re-election
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A group of tea party and conservative activists said Tuesday that they would oppose Republican Gov. Rick Snyder's expected re-election bid because he has pushed to expand Medicaid coverage to nearly a half-million adults in...
Tags: Kathleen Sebelius, Government Health Care, Virg Bernero, Health Insurance, Executive Branch
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Mich. House may pass Medicaid expansion this week
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan might be closer to making 320,000 more low-income residents eligible for Medicaid next year after House Republicans dropped calls to end the health coverage for adults who have received benefits for four years. A new...Tags: Government Health Care, Health Insurance, National Government, Executive Branch, Elections
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Michigan House approves Medicaid expansion
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Republican-led Michigan House late Thursday voted to make hundreds of thousands of more low-income adults eligible for Medicaid, sending the legislation across the Capitol to a chamber where its future may be less...
Tags: Human Rights, Government Health Care, Health Insurance, Social Issues, Elections
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Indiana rolls back some 2010 Medicaid rate cuts
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Mike Pence announced Wednesday he was undoing a series of Medicaid rate cuts that Indiana made while weathering the recession. The state plans to spend $37 million more each year reimbursing providers. A Pence...Tags: Government Health Care, Health Insurance, Hospitals and Clinics
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Feds join Sup. Ct. in rejecting Ind. abortion law
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal agency has denied Indiana's appeal of an administrative ruling barring the state from denying Planned Parenthood Medicaid funds because it performs abortions, the state attorney general's office said Friday. The...Tags: Judges, Government Health Care, Court Preliminary, Health Insurance, Family Planning
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Mich. cancer patients to back Medicaid expansion
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Cancer patients and survivors in Michigan are expected to call on lawmakers to expand Medicaid coverage for about 400,000 uninsured Michigan residents. About 75 people who have experienced cancer and their family members...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Government Health Care, Politics, Health Insurance, Lobbying
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House GOP backs expanded Medicaid, with conditions
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Majority Republicans in the Michigan House are backing an expansion of Medicaid eligibility to more low-income residents, but only if major changes are made to the government health insurance program. A plan unveiled Thursday...Tags: Government Health Care, Health Insurance, Rick Snyder
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RELEASE: Indiana AG responds to U.S. Supreme Court's Planned Parenthood ruling
The following is a release from the Indiana Attorney General's Office issued Tuesday morning: INDIANAPOLIS – Today the United States Supreme Court announced that it would not hear the State of Indiana’s appeal in the legal challenge to...Tags: Government Health Care, Health Insurance, National Government, Family Planning, Social Issues
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Pilot program closes mental health gap in Elkhart, St. Joseph Co.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — More than two dozen Indiana children who might once have entered the court system as a way to receive mental health services are now receiving help through a pilot program. The Department of Child Services started the program...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Mental Health, Juvenile Delinquency, Government Health Care, Family
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Medicaid expansion in Pence's hands after session
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The question of whether Indiana will expand Medicaid is now back in Gov. Mike Pence's hands, after lawmakers wrapped up their session without mandating he expand coverage under the federal health care law or suggesting the...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Government Health Care, Health Insurance, Politics, Executive Branch
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