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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>Re: 2011 Senate Bill 203 (Revise legislator pension detail )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/280258.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:12:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:280258</guid><dc:creator>changeagent</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/280258.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=14&amp;PostID=280258</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;The problem with this bill is it doesn&amp;#39;t go far enough.&amp;nbsp; While the legislators complain about public employee benefits being non-competitive, they enjoy life long health care after age 55 for serving six years.&amp;nbsp; There should be no health care once they leave office.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: 2011 Senate Bill 203 (Revise legislator pension detail )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/280071.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:17:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:280071</guid><dc:creator>Jeri</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/280071.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=14&amp;PostID=280071</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;This is a needed start to bring the legislative body closer to the restrictions on benefits that the average taxpayer, that pays the bill for the legislators, is subjected to.&amp;nbsp; Welcome to the real world.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: 2011 Senate Bill 203 (Revise legislator pension detail )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/280018.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 16:51:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:280018</guid><dc:creator>hallrat</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/280018.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=14&amp;PostID=280018</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;In&amp;nbsp;the real world&amp;nbsp;no. one gets a pension or health insurance after working for an employer for only six years or even fourteen . these slugs already ge paid milage to go to&amp;quot; work&amp;quot; which consists mainly of assulting the old,infirm, poor, and middle class. They should get nothing , and pay for it themselves like they expect everyone else to do.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: 2011 Senate Bill 203 (Revise legislator pension detail )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/280016.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 03:59:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:280016</guid><dc:creator>inform4</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/280016.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=14&amp;PostID=280016</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Senate Bill 203 is a much needed start to get retirement health costs under control that are afforded to elected officials.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>2011 Senate Bill 203 (Revise legislator pension detail )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/280015.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:280015</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/280015.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=14&amp;PostID=280015</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on February 24, 2011&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-SB-203'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>