Blog - Part 6
Health Care Reform and Small Businesses
Start Date: February 29, 2012 – 8:30am – 11:00am Location: Dearborn Chamber of Commerce 22100 Michigan Ave Dearborn, MI Please join Michigan Consumers for Healthcare and Small Business Majority For breakfast and a roundtable discussion on the Affordable Care Act…
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…
Congressman Dingell Comments on Essential Health Benefits Bulletin
Congressman John Dingell and other Democratic leaders of the House Committees with jurisdiction over health policy sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in response to the Administration’s bulletin on how to define the Essential Health…
MCH Co-Submits Amicus Brief on Severability Issue Before the U.S. Supreme Court
The Patient Protection and Affordable care Act expanded health care coverage in several ways by reforming the health care financing and delivery system. These reforms benefit all of us. Amici have attempted to put the ACA in context. The so-called…
Letter on Essential Health Benefits Bulletin, Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 Re: Essential Health Benefits Bulletin, Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) Dear Secretary Sebelius: Michigan Consumers for Healthcare (MCH) submits the…
Gongwer News: Fed Deny State Request on Health Insurance
Gongwer Volume #50, Report #246 — Monday, December 19, 2011 Feds Deny State Request On Health Insurance Michigan residents may see rebates of at least $53 million from health insurance companies because of a decision by the federal government, but…
Michigan Consumers Win on Medical Loss Ratio Rule Denial of State Waiver Application Means Savings of Over $53 Million to Consumers
Michigan Consumers Win on Medical Loss Ratio Rule Denial of State Waiver Application Means Savings of Over $53 Million to Consumers FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wafa Dinaro 313-622-7038, [email protected] LANSING, Mich. — Health insurance companies must spend at least 80…
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…
Press Release: HHS Unveils Medical Loss Ratio Rule with broker fees included New medical loss ratio regulations make insurance marketplace more affordable
HHS Unveils Medical Loss Ratio Rule with broker fees included New medical loss ratio regulations make insurance marketplace more affordable For Immediate Release Contact: Wafa Dinaro 313-622-7038/[email protected] LANSING, Mich. – Michigan’s largest healthcare consumer voice organization, Michigan Consumers for Healthcare…
Guest Blog: Why People settle for inadequate healthcare
While attending a People 1st Conference in Detroit, Hank Johnson Executive Director of the ARC Detroit said something in regards to services that struck me. He said “for too long people have accepted inadequate services because they are better than…