Category: Affordable Care Act
MCH Letter to Michigan’s Congressional Delegation Regarding Federal Healthcare Issues and Concerns
Dear member of the Michigan Congressional Delegation: Michigan Consumers for Healthcare (MCH) is the state of Michigan’s largest consumer healthcare advocacy voice representing over 160 member organizations. The focus of the MCH coalition is working collaboratively to address the opportunities…
Comments to the State of Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) RE: Michigan’s Essential Health Benefits Benchmark Plan: Executive Report
Comments to the State of Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) RE: Michigan’s Essential Health Benefits Benchmark Plan: Executive Report Submitted by Michigan Consumers for Healthcare September 19, 2012 Michigan Consumers for Healthcare (MCH) respectfully submits the following…
Letter to Lawmakers: Graduate Medical Education (GME) is an essential tool that Michigan needs to train, attract, and retain medical professionals
Dear Lawmaker: I write you today on behalf of the approximately 150 community and health advocacy organizations that comprise the Michigan Consumers for Healthcare (MCH) coalition that is dedicated to greater consumer access to affordable, accessible, and high-quality medical care….
Guest Blog: Health Disparities
In a press release from Health and Human Services (HHS) “In April, we commemorate National Minority Health Month to raise awareness of the health disparities that continue to affect racial and ethnic minorities, as well as celebrate the opportunities of…
Women Striding Forward: The incredible, true story of what the Affordable Care Act is doing for women and families
Michigan Consumers for Healthcare and Raising Women’s Voices plan a statewide series of “Women Striding Forward” Community Conversations What the Affordable Care Act is doing for women and families in Michigan, Featuring Lois Uttley, co-founder of Raising Women’s Voices. A…
MCH co-sponsors amicus brief to Supreme Court in defense of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act
The Patient Protection and Affordable care Act [ACA ] expanded health care coverage in several ways. The major expansion is changing the Medicaid program to cover another 16 million people. Our present system burdens ordinary Americans and does not deliver…