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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: Regional Authority, Parties and Movements, Politics, Kathleen Sebelius, Medicaid
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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: Insurance, Politics, Medicaid, Poverty, Government
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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, Medicaid, Rick Snyder
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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: Parties and Movements, Politics, Medicaid, Poverty, Elections
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14 insurers file to be on Mich. health exchange
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Fourteen health insurance companies have filed to offer plans through a new Michigan insurance market being created under the federal health care law. The state Department of Insurance and Financial Services says it...Tags: Insurance, Marketing
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Michigan to offer preschool to more poor children
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — As many as 16,000 more 4-year-olds will go to preschool in Michigan next school year, a significant enrollment boost that Gov. Rick Snyder hopes to increase even more the following year. An influx of up to $65 million —...Tags: Arne Duncan, Federal Reserve, Politics, Education, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
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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, Medicaid, 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: Trials, Judges, Medicaid, Planned Parenthood, Medicare
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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: Hartford Equus Academy, Politics, Medicaid, Planned Parenthood, Government
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Fort Wayne Schools cutting hours over insurance
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — One of Indiana's largest school districts is cutting the hours of 610 part-time teaching aides and cafeteria workers to save money and to avoid providing them health insurance under the federal health care overhaul, its chief...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work
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Birth control coverage up for federal appeal
DENVER (AP) — In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes...
Tags: Employment, Plan B (drug), Family Planning, Fines, Christianity
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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: Lobbying, Politics, Government Health Care, Medicaid, Justice System
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