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Snyder Vetoes Medicaid Funding Overhaul

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Governor Rick Snyder took his veto pen to a plan adopted by the Legislature to change how the state raises money for the Medicaid program

He says the complicated plan would likely have been rejected by the federal Medicaid office, and that would have resulted in the loss of federal money. 

“I am very concerned that the federal government would not recognize this tax structure as an eligible Medicaid matching fund source, putting at risk federal funding for critical state health programs and leaving our state budget out of balance,” Snyder said in a statement released by his office.

Business groups, in particular, have been frustrated with the current tax on health insurance claims.  They say it drives up the cost of employee health coverage.

The two bills (Senate Bills 987 and 990) vetoed by the governor were adopted with bipartisan majorities in the Legislature. 

The governor’s spokesman says the issue will be a high priority in 2017.

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— Rick Pluta is the Managing Editor and Reporter for the Michigan Public Radio network.  Contact WEMU News at734.487.3363 or email us at studio@wemu.org

Rick Pluta is the managing editor for the Michigan Public Radio Network.
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