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“As we have been saying all along, no exemptions or amendments will make this a good bill,” said Gilda Jacobs, president & CEO of the Michigan League for Public Policy, which advocates for policies that support vulnerable residents and families, in a statement.

Among its problems, she said: It does not include additional funding for transportation or child care to help adults enter the workforce or increase their work hours. And it perpetuates a myth, she said, “that people with low incomes are the cause of our state’s problems.”

“We applauded the governor and his strong opposition to this bill when it passed the Senate, but the changes in this bill are still not a ‘reasonable nor responsible change to the state’s social safety net,’” Jacobs said in a statement.

“We encourage the governor to examine this proposal more closely and the harmful impact and unintended consequences it will have on people with disabilities, parents and those with chronic health conditions, as well as others. This bill does one thing: it takes health care away from some of our state’s most vulnerable residents.” June 6, 2018 – Bridge Magazine

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