Blog - Part 4
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…
Press Remarks by Don Hazaert on the Essential Health Benefits
First, let me thank the members of the press for joining us on this afternoon’s call to discuss the state of Michigan’s recommended benchmark for an Essential Health Benefit plan for the private insurance market in Michigan. My name is…
Developing a Health Insurance Exchange that Works for Consumers: Policy Priorities
DEVELOPING A MIHEALTH MARKETPLACE THAT WORKS FOR CONSUMERS Michigan Consumers for Healthcare (MCH) actively advocates for consumer-focused implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA requires the development of a health insurance marketplace which will provide access to tax…
Guest Blog: Understanding Pre-Existing Conditions
A pre-existing health condition is an illness, physical condition, mental condition, or disability that you have prior to obtaining a health insurance plan. Insurance companies tend to be prejudiced against those with pre-existing conditions because it can mean insuring people…
Countdown to Chaos or Advancement? Guest Blog by Jan Hudson
Countdown to Chaos or Advancement? We are now only days from the much anticipated Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act. The potential and far-reaching impacts of the Supreme Court’s decision on the fate of the ACA are mindboggling…
Comments regarding Michigan’s Proposal for Integrated Care for People who are Medicare-Medicaid Eligible
Marilyn Tavenner Administrator Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, Maryland 21244 Re: Comments regarding Michigan’s Proposal for Integrated Care for People who are Medicare-Medicaid Eligible Dear Ms. Tavenner: I write you today on behalf of…
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…
Letter to HHS on the Interim Final Portions of the Regulations to Establish Healthcare Exchanges
Mr. Steve Larsen Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Washington, D.C. RE: Interim Final Portions of the Regulations to Establish Exchanges, CMS–9989–F Dear Mr. Larsen: Michigan Consumers for Healthcare respectfully submits the…
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….
Comments regarding Michigan’s Proposal for Integrated Care for People who are Medicare-Medicaid Eligible
April 4, 2012 Stephen Fitton Director Medical Services Administration P.O. Box 30479 Lansing, MI 48909-7979 Re: Comments regarding Michigan’s Proposal for Integrated Care for People who are Medicare-Medicaid Eligible Dear Mr. Fitton: I write you today on behalf of the…