2013 Senate Bill 616 ↩

House Roll Call 491: Passed

To revise Medicaid accounting to reflect the transition from a 1 percent "health insurance claims tax" to the imposition of the 6 percent "use tax" on Medicaid managed care health care providers (hospitals). These various levies are designed to “game” the federal Medicaid program in ways that result in higher federal payments to Michigan’s medical welfare establishment (including those same hospitals). See <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2014-SB-893">Senate Bill 893</a> and <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2014-SB-395">Senate Bill 913</a>.