 obamacare one step closer in michigan  the republican controlled michigan senate passed legislation on thursday november 10 toward setting up a state health insurance exchange that would be required under the new federal health care law obamacare the senate passed the bill 2512 that would help set up the internetbased marketplace to assist businesses and individuals in purchasing health insurance the bill passed with all of the democrats voting for it and with several republicans crossing over clinton county rsquo s current state senator judy emmons and our potential senator in 2015 rick jones from grand ledge both voted for the legislation the bill still will need to pass in the house michigan attorney general bill schuette and more than a dozen other attorneys general are still part of a lawsuit challenging the federal health care changes it just seems premature that some of the republicans in the senate would vote for legislation that doesn rsquo t require implementation until 2014 and while there are still court cases pending regarding the constitutionality of obamacare for an article on the issue click on the following link  http wwwwilxcom news headlines michigansenateapproveshealthinsur 18  obamacare one step closer michigan  