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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: Justice System, Government Health Care, Medicaid, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Rick Snyder, Government Health Care, Medicaid
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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, Family, Health, Government Health Care
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'Safety net' hospitals watching health law impact
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Indiana hospitals that serve as safety nets for the poor and uninsured say they're waiting to see what impact the federal health care overhaul has on their bottom lines. The law will give more people access to insurance...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Government Health Care, Medicaid, U.S. Supreme Court, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Justice System, Executive Branch, Government Health Care, Medicaid, Politics
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Michigan law enforcement call for Medicaid expansion
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Law enforcement officials plan to call on state lawmakers to expand Medicaid coverage to more than 300,000 Michigan residents. The group Fight Crime: Invest in Kids and Republican Rep. Matt Lori of Constantine plan to hold an...Tags: Substance Abuse, Government Health Care, Medicaid, Crime, Law and Justice
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Health overhaul may grow Ind. addiction services
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The possibility of thousands of Indiana residents becoming eligible for addiction treatment under the federal health overhaul has state officials and providers preparing for an expansion. About 60,000 Indiana residents per year...
Tags: Substance Abuse, Behavioral Conditions, Mental Health, Government Health Care, Medicaid
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House panel approves HIP expansion, strips grants
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Medicaid would be expanded in Indiana through a state-run program under legislation approved Monday by a House committee, but while the plan keeps an opt-out provision should federal aid ever dry up, it reverses the governor's...
Tags: Justice System, Executive Branch, Mitch Daniels, Government Health Care, Poverty
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Decisions in same-sex marriage cases anxiously awaited
South Bend TribuneLegal scholars and pundits learned last year that trying to predict how the Supreme Court will decide a case after hearing arguments is risky. However, activists on both sides of the same-sex marriage debate remain clear about the stakes riding on the...Tags: International Law, Marriage, Defense of Marriage Act, Judges, Family
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Medicaid expansion in trouble in Michigan Legislature
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Rep. Matt Lori found himself in an unusual position when shepherding through a $15.3 billion health budget that pays for Medicaid, the health insurance program for the needy. The Republican chairman of the House health budget...Tags: Randy Richardville, Executive Branch, Rick Snyder, Poverty, Government Health Care
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Mich. Senate rejects partnering on health exchange
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The GOP-led Michigan Senate adjourned Thursday without voting to partner with the federal government on an online health insurance marketplace, rejecting Gov. Rick Snyder's plan to spend a $31 million federal grant implementing...Tags: Executive Branch, Parties and Movements, Elections, Rick Snyder, Republican Party
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Debate erupts on Indiana's incomplete Medicaid waiver
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Mike Pence defended his administration Thursday over criticism from Democratic lawmakers that they have imperiled Hoosiers' health care by failing to follow proper procedures on Medicaid. In a letter to state Democratic...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Government Health Care, Medicaid, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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