Republicans in Lansing are trying to roll back the state’s Medicaid expansion – but their legislation may be dead on arrival.
Governor Rick Snyder has been an advocate for the Healthy Michigan Medicaid expansion at home and in Washington, D.C.
But some Republicans in the state House want to close the expansion to all new hires beginning October 1st. A bill is currently waiting for a committee hearing.
Snyder says they should pay attention to what’s going on in DC with the Affordable Care Act and manage the program accordingly.
“People have coverage, lives have been saved, because of Healthy Michigan and we should be proud of that.”
Speaker of the House Tom Leonard is on board with closing the Medicaid expansion. He says it could bankrupt the state.