Michigan House Democrats guarantee 40% cut on your car insurance bill
LANSING As talks continue between Republican legislative leaders and Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on a plan to reduce Michigan's highest-in-the nation auto insurance premiums, House Democrats said Thursday they have their own plan to cut premiums by 40%.
House Minority Leader Christine Greig, D-Farmington Hills, said the GOP bills call for reductions in portions of the auto insurance bill, but her party's plan would mandate an across-the-board cut of at least 40% in the total premiums paid by all Michigan drivers.
"I don't want to cross my fingers and hope," Greig told reporters at a Capitol news conference. "I want a guarantee."
Greig said the plan would keep unlimited catastrophic medical coverage for all drivers, but allow seniors to use "Medicaid and other lifetime retirement health care" as an alternative to personal injury protection (PIP) coverage that is now mandated for all.
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