Category: Michigan Consumers for Healthcare
MCH Provides Critical Michigan Legislative Update
The Michigan Legislature is focusing on two distinctly different, but equally important pieces of legislation. House Bill 4714 (HB4714) was introduced in the Michigan House of Representatives by Representative Matt Lori (R, St. Joseph-Cass) on May 9, 2013. This piece…
Federal Medicaid funding and Senate Bill 136 Update
Federal Medicaid Funding and Senate Bill 136 Update By: Brett Williams, Mid-Michigan Coordinator, Michigan Consumers for Healthcare Michigan is in a precarious position when it comes to strengthening Medicaid. According to testimony provided by the Department of Community Health (DCH)…
How are small businesses affected by health reform?
The health reform law includes a number of provisions that reform the insurance market and encourage small businesses to offer health insurance. Coverage offered in the small group market and in the exchanges established for small business to purchase insurance,…
Michigan Consumers for Healthcare: Legislative Update with Brett Williams, Central Michigan Coordinator
Michigan Consumers for Healthcare: Legislative Update Chelsea Lewis, social media coordinator for Michigan Consumers for Healthcare sat down with Brett Williams, central Michigan coordinator and business expert, to discuss the current climate in the Michigan legislature regarding Medicaid expansion and…
House Bill 4004
Written by: Brett Williams, Central Michigan Coordinator for Michigan Consumers for Healthcare The legislative session kicked off on January 9th with Representative Dian Slavend (D-21) introducing House Bill 4004, which if passed, would create an fund and a specialty license…
Consumers Experts to Preview Blue Cross Deregulation Debate
Michigan Consumers for Healthcare held their first virtual Google + Event to preview Blue Cross Deregulation Posted by: Chelsea Lewis, social media coordinator for Michigan Consumers for Healthcare With new legislation to deregulate Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan expected…
Medicaid Expansion: A Historic Opportunity Michigan Can’t Afford to Miss
When the Supreme Court declared the Affordable Care Act (ACA) constitutional last summer, it also delivered a blow to the overall design of healthcare reform. How? The Court took away the federal government’s power to penalize states that don’t expand…
Opening Remarks at the One Year Anniversary Celebration!
Good afternoon, I’m Don Hazaert, and it is my great honor to be the director of the Michigan Consumer for Healthcare. Let me begin by first thanking the Michigan Health Policy Forum and the Michigan State University Institute for Health…
Press Release: Consumers Put at Risk as Legislature Fails to Authorize Healthcare Exchange Planning
Consumers Put at Risk as Legislature Fails to Authorize Healthcare Exchange Planning Coalition Urges House to Stop Playing Politics and Begin Planning for the Development of MiHealth Marketplace LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan state house has removed funding in a…
Video on the ACA and Michigan! This video answers your questions on the ACA and Michigan!
Detroit Public Television segment on the Affordable Care Act and Michigan. Confused about how the health care reform law really works? This short video answers your questions. Most people still don’t know what’s in the ACA, according to a recent…