It is expected that Gov.
Rick Snyder will support the
state’s Healthy Michigan Plan
on Thursday in a U.S. Senate
committee discussion. The
roundtable in Washington D.C.
will be discussing the future of
Medicaid in the country.
Healthy Michigan, the state’s
brand of Medicaid for low-income
residents, is funded through the
Affordable Care Act. Recently, the
Republican-majority Congress,
fueled by President-elect Trump,
have taken steps to repeal the ACA.
In his State of the State address
on Tuesday, Snyder expressed his
support for Healthy Michigan,
stressing the program is a crucial
part of Michigan’s health care plan
and a good example for the nation.
“The important thing is we
need to let them know that Healthy
Michigan is a model that can work
for the rest of the country,” Snyder
said in his speech. “We should be
speaking out, and I look forward to
working with my federal partners
to talk about the value of this
program and how it can even be
enhanced.”
The meeting was organized
by Republicans on the U.S. Senate
Finance Committee after a letter
from the Republican Governors
Association requested more input
in health care discussions. Though
Snyder did not publicly endorse
Trump during the election, reports
expect him to stay in town for the
inauguration on Friday.
Healthy Michigan has enrolled
about 640,000 Michigan residents
and has decreased hospital costs
for uncompensated care by 40
percent from 2013 to 2015, Snyder
said. Snyder also underscored
his high hopes for the Senate
meeting and the results he expects
afterward.
“I look forward to working
with my federal partners to talk
about the value of this program,
how it may even be enhanced as
we go through these difficult and
challenging questions,” Snyder
said.
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Betsy DeVos, the nominee for
secretary of the U.S. Department
of Education under President-
elect Donald Trump, participated
in a contentious confirmation
hearing on Tuesday evening.
The confirmation hearing
was initially scheduled for Jan.
11, but the Senate Committee
on Health, Education, Labor
and Pensions postponed the
hearing to Tuesday due to Devos’
incomplete financial disclosures
and unfinished ethics reviews.
Michigan native DeVos has
received flak for her support of
school choice, a controversial
issue in the national education
debate. Even before the hearing,
her
appointment
received
criticism from the American
Civil
Liberties
Union
and
the
American
Federation
of
Teachers.
The
Devos’
were
also
large
donors
to
the
Trump campaign. Despite the
previously expressed concerns,
it was Devos’ answers to other
questions posed by Democratic
senators
regarding
Title
IX
measures on sexual assault and
the extent of gun regulation in
schools which raised the most
eyebrows.
The University of Michigan
is currently under Title IX
investigation.
The
Title
IX
guidance,
created
in
2011,
requires
schools to respond to sexual
assault
complaints
promptly
and effectively. It also requires
school employees who respond
to sexual assault complaints to
have adequate training.
When Sen. Bob Casey (D–Pa.)
questioned DeVos on whether
she would preserve the Title IX
guidance, she was unable to give
an affirmative response.
“If confirmed, I look forward
to understanding the past actions
and current situation better, and
to ensuring that the intent of the
law is actually carried out in a
way that recognizes both the
victim … as well as those who are
accused,” DeVos said.
Casey, who called campus
sexual assault “an epidemic,”
continued to press DeVos for a
definitive answer on whether
she would preserve the guidance.
“It would be premature for
me to do that today,” DeVos said.
As DeVos struggled to answer
questions regarding the Title
IX guideline, senators raised
questions regarding her stance
on gun regulation in schools.
Chris Murphy, a Democratic
senator from Connecticut — the
site of the 2012 Sandy Hook
shooting in where over 20 were
killed — brought up the issue,
asking: “Do you think guns have
any place in or around schools?”
“I think that’s best left to
locales and states to decide,”
DeVos said.
She then went on to cite
the presence of guns in a
school in Wyoming.
“I think probably there,
I would imagine there is
probably a gun in a school
to
protect
from
potential
grizzlies,” she said.
DeVos also said she would
support
President-elect
Trump if he moves forward
with his plan to ban gun-free
school zones.
DeVos, who has been a
controversial nominee, has
drawn more criticism after
her confirmation hearing.
Lonnie Scott, executive
director of Progress Michigan,
said DeVos is unqualified to be
the secretary of education.
“The United States Senate
should reject her appointment
and send a clear message that
our public-school system is
not for sale to the highest
bidder,” Scott said in an MLive
report.
ERIN DOHERTY
Daily Staff Reporter
DeVos confirmation hearings raise
concern on Sec. of Edu. nominee
Senators question Michigan native’s proficiency in sexual assault and gun policy