(ASSOCIATED PRESS)- Michigan House Speaker Jase Bolger says Republican lawmakers want more questions answered before they'll consider giving fellow Republican Governor Rick Snyder the approval he wants to start work on a website for purchasing health insurance that's required under the federal health care law.
In a statement Wednesday, Bolger said Republicans object to the law as "federal overreach." He says putting a health insurance exchange is place "would be our last option."
The GOP-led Senate already has approved the exchange, but the House has balked. Bolger says he wants to hold a series of committee hearings to get more answers.
The federal government could step in with its own exchange if Michigan hasn't made progress by mid-November.
More than 500,000 Michigan residents are expected to buy private insurance through the exchange
