Gov. Snyder pushes Medicaid expansion message
Gov. Snyder visits Detroit area to advocate for Medicaid expansion plan; wants Senate vote
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, center, joins Beaumont Health System President and CEO Gene Michalski, left, and Dr. Jeffrey Ditkoff at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., Monday, July 1, 2013, to discuss the Healthy Michigan plan. Snyder is pushing his message for expanding Medicaid eligibility to hundreds of thousands of low-income adults. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) -- Republican Gov. Rick Snyder has visited two Detroit-area hospitals to push his message for expanding Medicaid eligibility to hundreds of thousands of low-income adults under the federal health care law.
Snyder met Monday with workers at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak and Trinity Health in Livonia.
He's asking the Republican-controlled state Senate to pass a Medicaid expansion plan quickly. The Senate adjourned June 20 without voting on the legislation.
Monday's visits are part of a series of meetings Snyder is conducting across the state as he advocates for the health care bill. He plans to have a town hall discussion via Google on Monday night.
Snyder says expanding Medicaid eligibility will save lives and money because patients will have health insurance instead of visiting the emergency room.
