Republicans claim their plan to refinance tobacco bonds to fund Medicaid is designed to stop spending non-recurring dollars to pay for recurring needs - but the proposed Medicaid budget still relies on at least $45 million and maybe up to $70 million in one-time money.

While claiming to follow their governor's lead in funding Medicaid without raising taxes, the alleged House leadership seems to be ignoring something else Governor Moonbeam said in his State of the State address:

"Let this also be the year that we curb the annualization problem. No sensible family would use a one-time bonus to finance a new car - if they didn't have some other source for payments - not just this year's - but also each following year's payments. This principle should also hold true for our state."