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Senate adopts resolution urging Congress to fully fund Medicaid after floor debate
Summary
Senate Resolution 50 urging the U.S. president and Congress to fully fund Medicaid passed after floor debate. Senator Hertel argued for protecting vulnerable residents and rural hospitals; Senator Runstead criticized the resolution and raised concerns about alleged misspending and proposed program conditions.
The Michigan Senate adopted Senate Resolution 50 calling on the President and U.S. Congress to fully fund Medicaid and to reject proposals that would reduce access or shift costs to states.
Senator Sarah Hertel (first identified on the floor during consideration of the resolution) urged colleagues to support Medicaid as a nonpartisan public-health and economic-stability program, citing that roughly one in four Michigan residents are covered by Medicaid and warning that federal cuts could harm nursing home residents, veterans, rural hospitals, and other vulnerable groups. She asked that her remarks be printed in the journal.
Senator Runstead responded on the floor, calling parts of the resolution "chock full of misinformation," defending proposed work requirements for some able-bodied adults, and criticizing what he described as lack of transparency in legislative grant reporting and alleged misspending. Runstead requested his comments be printed as well.
The yeas and nays were ordered for the adoption; the secretary announced 21 ayes, 13 noes, and 3 excused, and the resolution was adopted.
The resolution is a formal expression of the Senate’s position urging federal policymakers to maintain Medicaid funding; it does not, by itself, change state law or allocate state funds.
