Gov. Snyder is scheduled to discuss the issue today at a senior living community in Novi, Mich. The Republican governor has spent the summer traveling the state to promote legislation that would expand the state’s Medicaid program. The Michigan House of Representatives has already approved a bill to appropriate $1.7 billion in federal funding in the next fiscal year to extend the program, according to the report.
The proposal has divided Michigan’s Republican senators. Sen. Majority Leader Randy Richardville declined to hold an up or down vote on the bill in June, opting instead to form a bipartisan workgroup to update the legislation over the summer. The senate will reconvene Tuesday, according to the report.
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