A state Senate panel is expected to vote tomorrow on legislation to expand Medicaid in Michigan. It would extend Medicaid coverage to hundreds of thousands of residents under the Affordable Care Act.
State Senate Republicans refused to vote on the Medicaid expansion bill last month before their summer recess. Since then, a legislative work group has made relatively small changes to the proposal.
But Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville says he thinks the changes will be enough to win over some of his GOP colleagues.
“I think that there will be a lot more support. It’ll be broader support than the one that was put in front of us, when I don’t believe the votes were there.”
The panel will also consider two alternative proposals, which would not expand Medicaid under the federal health care law.
