Medicaid

Renk on Michigan, Medicaid and the Lottery
Renk on Michigan, Medicaid and the Lottery
The Republicans in Washington D.C. might just look to no other than Michigan for inspiration concerning Medicaid and lottery winners. According to the Detroit News, Michigan Congressman Fred Upton (R-St Joseph) has sponsored a bill that will look a lot like what the State of Michigan passed in 2012...
Michigan Medicaid Expansion Paid with Gas Tax Funds
Michigan Medicaid Expansion Paid with Gas Tax Funds
The Michigan Capitol Confidential News Site is reporting that Governor Snyder’s proposed budget will use tax dollars which were freed up in the General fund when the legislature agreed on a new infrastructure bill, to fund the expanded Obamacare Medicaid program...
Michigan’s Expanded Medicaid in Jeopardy
Michigan’s Expanded Medicaid in Jeopardy
Apparently like other states Michigan’s expanded Medicaid is in trouble. According to reporting in the Michigan Capitol Confidential the Medicaid expansion approved in 2013 by our legislature may be coming to its end of life as it currently exist...
Wal-Mart Gift Card is ‘Healthy Behavior’ Incentive for Medicaid?
Wal-Mart Gift Card is ‘Healthy Behavior’ Incentive for Medicaid?
When Michigan’s Legislature passed a bill to expand Medicaid in Michigan in 2013, due to the Affordable Care Act aka SCOTUSCARE, they put in that bill a sweetener. According to an article in the Michigan Capitol Confidential, the bill contained a section “requiring hospitals that were contracted by the state to provide managed care services under Medicaid to offer 'healthy behavior' incentives for