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2011 House Bill 4572: Cap government and school employee health benefit costs (House Roll Call 236)
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Passed 58 to 51 in the House on June 23, 2011, to prohibit the state, local governments, public schools, colleges and universities from providing employee health insurance benefits whose premiums cost more that $5,500 for a single person, $11,000 for a couple and $15,000 for a family plan, indexed to the medical price index. The cap would not become effective until existing government employee union contracts requiring more costly coverage have expired. Government employers who break the cap would get less state money.
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The vote was 58 in favor, 51 against, and 1 not voting.
(House Roll Call 236)

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Vote
In Favor In Favor
Against Against
Not Voting Not Voting
Undecided
Republican
881288%
118911%
1000%
63 total votes
Democrat
4964%
93793%
2982%
47 total votes

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Cap government and school employee health benefit costs

IN FAVOR

HOUSE DEMOCRATS

Melton (D)Schmidt, R. (D)

HOUSE REPUBLICANS

Agema (R)Bolger (R)Bumstead (R)Cotter (R)Crawford (R)
Daley (R)Damrow (R)Denby (R)Farrington (R)Forlini (R)
Foster (R)Franz (R)Genetski (R)Gilbert (R)Glardon (R)
Haines (R)Haveman (R)Heise (R)Hooker (R)Horn (R)
Hughes (R)Huuki (R)Jacobsen (R)Jenkins (R)Johnson (R)
Knollenberg (R)Kowall (R)Kurtz (R)LaFontaine (R)Lori (R)
Lund (R)Lyons (R)MacGregor (R)MacMaster (R)McMillin (R)
Muxlow (R)Nesbitt (R)Olson (R)Opsommer (R)Ouimet (R)
Outman (R)Poleski (R)Potvin (R)Price (R)Pscholka (R)
Rendon (R)Rogers (R)Schmidt, W. (R)Scott (R)Shaughnessy (R)
Shirkey (R)Somerville (R)Stamas (R)Walsh (R)Yonker (R)
Zorn (R)    

AGAINST

HOUSE DEMOCRATS

Ananich (D)Barnett (D)Bauer (D)Bledsoe (D)Brown (D)
Brunner (D)Byrum (D)Cavanagh (D)Clemente (D)Constan (D)
Darany (D)Dillon (D)Durhal (D)Geiss (D)Hammel (D)
Haugh (D)Hobbs (D)Hovey-Wright (D)Irwin (D)Jackson (D)
Kandrevas (D)Lane (D)LeBlanc (D)Lindberg (D)Lipton (D)
Liss (D)McCann (D)Meadows (D)Nathan (D)Oakes (D)
Olumba (D)Rutledge (D)Santana (D)Segal (D)Slavens (D)
Smiley (D)Stallworth (D)Stanley (D)Stapleton (D)Switalski (D)
Talabi (D)Tlaib (D)Townsend (D)Womack (D) 

HOUSE REPUBLICANS

Callton (R)Goike (R)McBroom (R)Moss (R)O'Brien (R)
Pettalia (R)Tyler (R)   

HOUSE LEGISLATORS WHO DID NOT VOTE

Howze (D)

HOUSE LEGISLATORS ALL VOTES

Y    Agema (R)  n  Ananich (D)  n  Barnett (D)  n  Bauer (D)  n  Bledsoe (D)
Y    Bolger (R)  n  Brown (D)  n  Brunner (D)Y    Bumstead (R)  n  Byrum (D)
  n  Callton (R)  n  Cavanagh (D)  n  Clemente (D)  n  Constan (D)Y    Cotter (R)
Y    Crawford (R)Y    Daley (R)Y    Damrow (R)  n  Darany (D)Y    Denby (R)
  n  Dillon (D)  n  Durhal (D)Y    Farrington (R)Y    Forlini (R)Y    Foster (R)
Y    Franz (R)  n  Geiss (D)Y    Genetski (R)Y    Gilbert (R)Y    Glardon (R)
  n  Goike (R)Y    Haines (R)  n  Hammel (D)  n  Haugh (D)Y    Haveman (R)
Y    Heise (R)  n  Hobbs (D)Y    Hooker (R)Y    Horn (R)  n  Hovey-Wright (D)
  -  Howze (D)Y    Hughes (R)Y    Huuki (R)  n  Irwin (D)  n  Jackson (D)
Y    Jacobsen (R)Y    Jenkins (R)Y    Johnson (R)  n  Kandrevas (D)Y    Knollenberg (R)
Y    Kowall (R)Y    Kurtz (R)Y    LaFontaine (R)  n  Lane (D)  n  LeBlanc (D)
  n  Lindberg (D)  n  Lipton (D)  n  Liss (D)Y    Lori (R)Y    Lund (R)
Y    Lyons (R)Y    MacGregor (R)Y    MacMaster (R)  n  McBroom (R)  n  McCann (D)
Y    McMillin (R)  n  Meadows (D)Y    Melton (D)  n  Moss (R)Y    Muxlow (R)
  n  Nathan (D)Y    Nesbitt (R)  n  O'Brien (R)  n  Oakes (D)Y    Olson (R)
  n  Olumba (D)Y    Opsommer (R)Y    Ouimet (R)Y    Outman (R)  n  Pettalia (R)
Y    Poleski (R)Y    Potvin (R)Y    Price (R)Y    Pscholka (R)Y    Rendon (R)
Y    Rogers (R)  n  Rutledge (D)  n  Santana (D)Y    Schmidt, R. (D)Y    Schmidt, W. (R)
Y    Scott (R)  n  Segal (D)Y    Shaughnessy (R)Y    Shirkey (R)  n  Slavens (D)
  n  Smiley (D)Y    Somerville (R)  n  Stallworth (D)Y    Stamas (R)  n  Stanley (D)
  n  Stapleton (D)  n  Switalski (D)  n  Talabi (D)  n  Tlaib (D)  n  Townsend (D)
  n  Tyler (R)Y    Walsh (R)  n  Womack (D)Y    Yonker (R)Y    Zorn (R)

House Roll Call 236 on 2011 House Bill 4572

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Comments

1) Re: 2011 House Bill 4572 (Cap government and school employee health benefit costs )  by EasterSudharta on March 1, 2012 
ntroduced by Rep. Joel Johnson (R) on April 21, 2011, to prohibit the state, local governments and public schools from providing employee health insurance benefits whose premiums cost more that $5,000 for a single person, $10,000 for a couple and $13,000 for a family plan, indexed to the consumer price index. The cap would not become effective until existing government employee union contracts requiring more costly coverage have expired.

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2) Re: 2011 House Bill 4572 (Cap government and school employee health benefit costs )  by BlueOak on October 17, 2011 

The point is not "what kind of health insurance will $5,000 buy?", but rather, why should public employees get richer benefits than the people for whom they work??? (Especially now that it has been demonstrated their pay/other benefits are equal or better than the private sector.)


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3) Re: 2011 House Bill 4572 (Cap government and school employee health benefit costs )  by lilstoetz on May 2, 2011 

What kind of health insurance will $5000 buy?  


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