a:3:{s:16:"field_story_body";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:1027:"The Michigan House Standing Committee on Health Policy refused to report out Senate Bill 693, the State Healthcare Exchange bill, that had passed the Senate earlier in the year.<br />
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At this point the bill is probably dead for this legislative session but Governor Snyder and his &ldquo;Positive, Relentless, Action&rdquo; attitude will probably resurrect it in the next legislative session that convenes in 2013. <br />
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He will undoubtedly be working on the incoming Freshmen House members to get them to support the legislation and to pass the exchange.<br />
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Clinton County&rsquo;s State Representative Paul Opsommer was instrumental in defeating the bill as one of the Health Policy committee members.<br />
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For a detailed article on the defeat of the bill click on the following story link:<br />
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<a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/11/obamacare_health_exchange_defe.html">http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/11/obamacare_health_exchange_defe.html</a><br />";s:6:"format";s:1:"2";}}s:17:"field_story_image";a:1:{i:0;a:10:{s:3:"fid";s:4:"2832";s:4:"list";s:1:"1";s:4:"data";a:3:{s:11:"description";s:0:"";s:3:"alt";s:0:"";s:5:"title";s:0:"";}s:3:"uid";s:1:"1";s:8:"filename";s:19:"SNYDER_EXCHANGE.jpg";s:8:"filepath";s:46:"sites/default/files/images/SNYDER_EXCHANGE.jpg";s:8:"filemime";s:10:"image/jpeg";s:8:"filesize";s:5:"88250";s:6:"status";s:1:"1";s:9:"timestamp";s:10:"1354289998";}}s:12:"field_weight";a:1:{i:0;a:1:{s:5:"value";s:2:"19";}}}