Rep. Schauer comes out in favor of health care bill
Rep. Mark Schauer, D-Battle Creek, said today he'll support the newly unveiled Democratic health care bill.
"This is the plan we need to fix our broken health care system and get our economy back on track by reducing the federal deficit by $30 billion over the next decade," said Schauer, a freshman.
"After talking to small business owners, workers, doctors and seniors, it's clear to me that our current health care system is broken. Health costs for small businesses have skyrocketed 129 percent since 2000, and if we don't act now, health care costs for average Michigan families will continue to increase by $1,800 each year for the next 10 years."
The state's other freshman, Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Hills, hasn't said whether he'll back the bill.
