Blog - Part 2
MEDIA ADVISORY
MEDIA ADVISORY CONTACT: Kelsey Maccombs Michigan Consumers for Healthcare (517) 367-7293 Media Availability: Michigan’s Enrollment Assister Network Responds to Historic ACA Enrollment Success Navigators Respond to Michigan Being One of Nation’s Top Performers with over 272,000 Enrolled Lansing- Members of…
Tribal Community Conversation
Start Date: April 19, 2012 – 2:00pm – 4:00pm Location: Grand Traverse Band, Medicine Lodge, Suttons Bay Community Conversation on the Affordable Care Act.
#MedicaidMatters
MICHIGAN’S MEDICAID EXPANSION: Making the Law Work for Consumers Background On September 16, 2013, Governor Rick Snyder signed historic, bipartisan legislation to expand Michigan’s Medicaid program. The law will save the state roughly $1 billion dollars over the course of…
ACA Presentation in Wayland, Michigan: Eli Isaguirre
Start Date: May 29, 2013 – 7:00pm – 8:00pm Location: Wayland, Michigan On May 29, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. Eli Isaguirre from MI Consumers for Healthcare will be at the United Church of Wayland to speak with us about the…
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…
Affordable Care Act Application is now simple and shortened
Healthcare forms can be complicated and time consuming. When the first draft of the form that Americans will use to apply for health coverage under the nation’s new Affordable Care Act was made public, the reaction was unpleasant. The forms…
Thank you to Robert Pear and The New York Times for Featuring Michigan Consumers for Healthcare
Thank you to The New York Times and Robert Pear for featuring the current work of Michigan Consumers for Healthcare. The entire article is avalaible to read here.
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…