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POLL OVERVIEW:<br />
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Senate Bill 973: Join multi-state Health Care Compact<br />
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&nbsp;Introduced by Sen. Jim Marleau (R), to authorize Michigan&rsquo;s entry into a multi-state health care compact. If approved by congress all federal Medicaid and Medicare funds would be block-granted to member states, and member states would be exempt from health-related federal regulations and mandates. Member states would have primary responsibility for regulation of all nonmilitary health care goods and services in their state, plus health-related social welfare programs. The bill is cosponsored by 20 out of 26 Senate Republicans, enough to ensure passage if they bring it up for a vote.The bill would enter Michigan into the &quot;Interstate Health Care Compact</span><span style="font-size: larger;">&quot;</span><span style="font-size: larger;">, which would do the following:<br />
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-- Allow each member state, within its state, to suspend the operation of all Federal laws and regulations regarding health care that were inconsistent with the laws and regulations adopted by the member state.<br />
-- Give each member state the right to Federal money up to an amount equal to its &quot;member state current year funding level&quot; for each Federal fiscal year.<br />
-- Create the Interstate Advisory Health Care Commission and require it to collect information to assist the member states in their regulation of health care.<br />
-- Require the member states to take action to secure the consent of Congress to the Compact </span><span style="font-size: larger;">&quot;</span><span style="font-size: larger;">in order to return the authority to regulate health care to the member states</span><span style="font-size: larger;">&quot;</span><span style="font-size: larger;">.<br />
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The Compact would be effective when it was adopted by at least two member states and received the consent of Congress.<br />
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NEW POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Should the legislature pass legislation that would enter Michigan into the </span><span style="font-size: larger;">&quot;</span><span style="font-size: larger;">Interstate Health Care Compact</span><span style="font-size: larger;">&quot;</span><span style="font-size: larger;">?<br />
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Yes<br />
No<br />
Undecided<br />
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http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/should-michigan-legislature-pass-legislation-would-enter-michigan-interstate-health-care-com<br />
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PREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Do you believe the Michigan Legislature should pass Right-To-Work legislation?<br />
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Yes . . . . . . . . . 71%<br />
No . . . . . . . . . .27%<br />
Undecided . . . . .2% <br />
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TWO COMMENTS WERE MADE ON THIS POLL QUESTION<br />
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COMMENT #1<br />
Are you completely nuts?<br />
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Passing RTW would create a new Wisconsin style battleground that would end Republican control of state govt. Michigan is the birthplace of organized labor. RTW would be interpreted as a mortal blow and groups all across America would descend to fight it. This would inevitably create a voter turnout model in 2014 on par with Presidential elections that would sink gubernatorial and legislative candidates across the state. We need continued Republican con trol of state govt to defend our current reforms from being reversed and keep Michigan on the path to reverse a decade of debt and unemployment and usher in a new era of surplus and job growth.<br />
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COMMENT #2<br />
Right to Work<br />
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The freedom of association also implies the freedom to not associate<br />
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