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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Welfare, Medicaid and Social Services</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/14.aspx</link><description /><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 (Debug Build: 30417.1769)</generator><item><title>eerNzoCIRTxQZ</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/260843.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:25:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:260843</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous Citizen</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/260843.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=14&amp;PostID=260843</wfw:commentRss><description>x0ZR42 Cool, bro!</description></item><item><title>2006 House Bill 6478 (Establish long-term care financing programs )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/230578.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:230578</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/230578.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=14&amp;PostID=230578</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on September 14, 2006, to require the Department of Community Health, the Office of Financial and Insurance Services and the Department of Human Services, to establish a program to provide for the financing of long-term care through a combination of private insurance and Medicaid. They would be required to provide incentives for individuals to ensure against the costs of providing for their long-term care needs; provide a mechanism for individuals to qualify for coverage of the cost of their long-term care needs under Medicaid without first having to substantially exhaust their resources; and encourage the pursuit of private initiatives&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The vote was 105 in favor, 1 opposed and 1 not voting&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;(House Roll Call 1049 at House Journal 83)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2006-HB-6478'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>