Republican lawmakers in Lansing have been stalling on implementing some key provisions of the Affordable Care Act as they wait to see if Congress can get it repealed after the November elections. The two main things they're supposed to do is set up a healthcare exchange and expand Medicaid. The healthcare reform law would add around a half a million Michiganders to the Medicaid rolls by 2014, which worries the fiscal conservatives. However, Mike Farmer, with the AARP of Michigan, says that the federal government will pick up the entire tab for the first two years and then 90 percent after that:
Farmer says that 200 million dollar figure comes from Michigan's bipartisan Senate Fiscal Agency. Its analysis says that many of the mental health services now paid for by the state would be picked up by the federal government under the Affordable Care Act.
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Farmer says that 200 million dollar figure comes from Michigan's bipartisan Senate Fiscal Agency. Its analysis says that many of the mental health services now paid for by the state would be picked up by the federal government under the Affordable Care Act.
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