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        "uri": "/2013/11/15/sebelius-insists-website-will-be-better-by-end-of/",
        "title": "Sebelius insists website will be better by end of month",
        "byline": "David Eggert",
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        "prettyDate": "November 15, 2013",
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        "summary": "President Barack Obama's top health care official said Friday that the number of people wanting to keep insurance policies that were canceled because of the federal health overhaul is fairly small, but they have valid concerns that the administration is addressing.",
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        "uri": "/2013/10/02/michigan-releases-exchange-plan-costs/",
        "title": "Michigan releases exchange plan costs",
        "byline": "David Eggert, Jeff Karoub",
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        "prettyDate": "October 02, 2013",
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        "summary": "Technical glitches on launch day for Michigan's new online health insurance marketplace couldn't dampen the relief Hussein Daoud felt for himself, his wife and their six children.",
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        "uri": "/2013/09/04/michigan-lawmakers-approve-medicaid-expansion/",
        "title": "Michigan lawmakers approve Medicaid expansion",
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        "prettyDate": "September 04, 2013",
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        "summary": "Michigan lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to a measure that would make more low-income adults eligible for Medicaid, positioning the state to become the largest controlled by Republicans to support a key component of the new federal health care law.",
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        "title": "Judge sets first hearing for Detroit bankruptcy",
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        "prettyDate": "July 23, 2013",
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        "summary": "The federal judge overseeing Detroit's bankruptcy set the first hearing in the case for Wednesday after the city urged him to stop pensioners from filing lawsuits that could gum up plans to restructure billions of dollars in debt.",
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        "uri": "/2013/06/28/michigan-capitol-work-complicates-medicaid-vote/",
        "title": "Michigan Capitol work complicates Medicaid vote",
        "byline": "David Eggert",
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        "prettyDate": "June 28, 2013",
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        "summary": "Gov. Rick Snyder is traveling to Michigan to pressure Republican senators to get back to the Capitol stat and vote to provide health insurance to nearly half the states uninsured residents.",
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        "uri": "/2013/03/28/right-to-work-law-takes-effect-in-michigan/",
        "title": "Right-to-work law takes effect in Michigan",
        "byline": "David Eggert, Mike Householder",
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        "prettyDate": "March 28, 2013",
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        "summary": "Republican Gov. Rick Snyder said a right-to-work law that took effect Thursday is a milestone that will bring jobs to Michigan, while protesters promised to exact revenge at the polls for the contentious measure Snyder signed in December.",
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        "uri": "/2013/02/22/blue-cross-changes-approved-without-abortion-provi/",
        "title": "Blue Cross changes approved without abortion provision",
        "byline": "David Eggert",
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        "prettyDate": "February 22, 2013",
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        "summary": "A House panel on Thursday overwhelmingly approved legislation to overhaul Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, leaving out anti-abortion provisions that torpedoed an earlier effort to change the status of the state's largest health insurer.",
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        "uri": "/2013/02/08/michigan-governor-wants-to-expand-medicaid/",
        "title": "Michigan governor wants to expand Medicaid",
        "byline": "David Eggert",
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        "prettyDate": "February 08, 2013",
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        "summary": "Gov. Rick Snyder proposed an ambitious budget Thursday that asks Michigan drivers to pay higher taxes and fees to fix bad roads, expands Medicaid to uninsured adults and socks away more money for a rainy day.",
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        "uri": "/2013/02/07/michigan-gop-governor-proposes-medicaid-expansion/",
        "title": "Michigan GOP governor proposes Medicaid expansion",
        "byline": "David Eggert",
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        "prettyDate": "February 07, 2013",
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        "summary": "Republican Gov. Rick Snyder on Wednesday backed the extension of Medicaid coverage to 470,000 residents under the Obama administration's health care overhaul, saying it is the right thing to do despite resistance from his own party that controls the Legislature.",
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