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Blue Cross changes approved without abortion provision

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.

By David Eggert | Updated on February 22, 2013

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — 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.

The 11-0 votes signaled — at least for now — that one of Republican Gov. Rick Snyder’s top legislative priorities could reach his desk without language that led him to veto similar legislation in late December. The Senate OK’d the new Blue Cross bills in late January.

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