Working Together For Michigan Consumers To be Healthy

Blog - Part 4

Press Remarks by Don Hazaert on the Essential Health Benefits

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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…

Guest Blog: Understanding Pre-Existing Conditions

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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

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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…

Opening Remarks at the One Year Anniversary Celebration!

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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…