Medicaid coverage

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Co-sponsored by West Michigan State Senator Mark Huizenga, behavioral health transportation would be covered by Medicaid.

States that opt in would be eligible for those cheaper rates

Congressional Budget Office estimates suggest millions to go without health coverage over the next decade

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Medicaid is the largest health insurer in the state, covering one in four residents.

2.6 million Michiganders are enrolled in Medicaid

Some House Republicans are proposing cuts as one way to reduce the federal deficit. Michigan’s Lieutenant Governor was in Grand Rapids today addressing the impacts potential funding cuts could have

Many budget experts, including the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, say Trump’s target of $880 billion in savings is impossible to achieve without big reductions to popular entitlement programs

For the first time in 50 years, nearly a quarter of a million Michigan seniors could have access to Medicaid services thanks to a proposal raising the limit for Medicaid qualifications