Senate Roll Call 5 - Michigan Votes

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2013 Senate Bill 61: Convert Blue Cross to non-profit "regular" insurance company (Senate Roll Call 5)

Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on January 31, 2013, to convert Blue Cross Blue Shield into a “mutual insurance company” and make it subject to the same regulations as regular health insurers. Although it would remain a non-profit, current restrictions on the entity's ability to own for-profit subsidiaries would be reduced, and it would no longer be subject to close oversight by the state Attorney General. In return for being granted this conversion, BCBS would pay "up to" $1.56 billion over 18 years (meaning it could be less) into a fund that would supplement various health-related government programs, with specific spending items selected by a board of political appointees. The bill does not include abortion restrictions that caused Gov. Snyder to veto the same measure when passed late last year.
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The vote was 36 in favor, 0 against, and 1 not voting.
(Senate Roll Call 5)

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Democrat

	90%
	0%
	9%

11 total votes

Republican

	100%
	0%
	0%

26 total votes

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Convert Blue Cross to non-profit "regular" insurance company

IN FAVOR

SENATE DEMOCRATS

Anderson (D)	Bieda (D)	Gregory (D)	Hood (D)	Hopgood (D)
Hunter (D)	Smith (D)	Warren (D)	Whitmer (D)	Young (D)

SENATE REPUBLICANS

Booher (R)	Brandenburg (R)	Casperson (R)	Caswell (R)	Colbeck (R)
Emmons (R)	Green (R)	Hansen (R)	Hildenbrand (R)	Hune (R)
Jansen (R)	Jones (R)	Kahn (R)	Kowall (R)	Marleau (R)
Meekhof (R)	Moolenaar (R)	Nofs (R)	Pappageorge (R)	Pavlov (R)
Proos (R)	Richardville (R)	Robertson (R)	Rocca (R)	Schuitmaker (R)
Walker (R)

AGAINST

SENATE DEMOCRATS
none

SENATE REPUBLICANS
none

SENATE LEGISLATORS WHO DID NOT VOTE

Johnson (D)

SENATE LEGISLATORS ALL VOTES

Y Anderson (D)	Y Bieda (D)	Y Booher (R)	Y Brandenburg (R)	Y Casperson (R)
Y Caswell (R)	Y Colbeck (R)	Y Emmons (R)	Y Green (R)	Y Gregory (D)
Y Hansen (R)	Y Hildenbrand (R)	Y Hood (D)	Y Hopgood (D)	Y Hune (R)
Y Hunter (D)	Y Jansen (R)	- Johnson (D)	Y Jones (R)	Y Kahn (R)
Y Kowall (R)	Y Marleau (R)	Y Meekhof (R)	Y Moolenaar (R)	Y Nofs (R)
Y Pappageorge (R)	Y Pavlov (R)	Y Proos (R)	Y Richardville (R)	Y Robertson (R)
Y Rocca (R)	Y Schuitmaker (R)	Y Smith (D)	Y Walker (R)	Y Warren (D)
Y Whitmer (D)	Y Young (D)

Senate Roll Call 5 on 2013 Senate Bill 61

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