2013 Senate Bill 41

Ban Obamacare Medicaid expansion

Introduced in the Senate

Jan. 16, 2013

Introduced by Sen. Bruce Caswell (R-16)

To prohibit Michigan from expanding Medicaid eligibility to include all residents up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level, including single individuals without children. The federal “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” a.k.a. Obamacare, originally mandated the expansion, but a U.S. Supreme Court ruling made it optional. Medicaid is a medical welfare program funded by a mix of tax dollars raised by the federal and state governments, and originally targeted primarily at low income families with children.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations