Crain's Detroit Business: Doctors say they’d take new Medicaid patients
Crain’s Detroit Business reports on CHRT’s statewide survey, in partnership with the Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit at the University of Michigan, that shows more than 80 percent of Michigan primary care providers would accept newly insured patients, including new Medicaid patients.
Read more >The Ann Arbor News: University of Michigan pays $100 incentives to employees in wellness programs
AnnArbor.com talks with CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips about the effectiveness of wellness programs as part of a story examining the University of Michigan’s MHealthy Rewards program.
Read more >Michigan Radio: Survey finds most Michigan doctors ready to take new patients if Medicaid expands
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips talks with Michigan Radio about CHRT’s statewide survey of Michigan primary care providers and which Michigan counties could expect the largest Medicaid enrollment if the state expands Medicaid.
Read more >Welcome to 2013!
When the Affordable Care Act passed in March of 2010, 2014 (the year when the most fundamental coverage changes resulting from the ACA occur) seemed a long way off. Well, 2014 doesn’t feel so far away now, does it? In fact, for those who are most immediately affected—the uninsured, small businesses, and individuals who buy their own health insurance in …
Read more >The Medicare Facts
Medicare is a sensitive political topic. Today’s seniors are understandably protective of their benefits, and future seniors are worried those benefits won’t be there when they become eligible (whether the eligibility age is increased or not). But for all the political sensitivity, there isn’t much understanding of the actual value of Medicare as a benefit to those who have it—or …
Read more >Michigan Radio: More Affordable Care Act policies to be phased in beginning in January
Michigan Radio looks ahead to 2013 with CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips, discussing Affordable Care Act provisions that will be implemented in the coming year.
Read more >A Balanced Approach to Wellness Benefits
On November 20, 2012, the U.S. Department of Human Services issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on incentives for non-discriminatory wellness programs in group health plans. These proposed rules take a fair approach to a complicated issue: how to encourage health promotion programs while at the same time protecting individuals from potential health insurance discrimination. Here’s the concern: incentives can …
Read more >It Was Too Much to Hope For: The Fight Goes On
In an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal on November 18, James Capreta and Yuval Levin argue that states can effectively “repeal” the Affordable Care Act by refusing to go along with key provisions. They conclude: President Obama won re-election and Democrats maintained control of the Senate this month, but the states hold the future of ObamaCare in their …
Read more >Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin unlikely to create health care exchange
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips explains the importance of the first health insurance exchanges enrollment process, following the Wisconsin governor’s announcement that the state would not move forward with creating its own exchanges.
Read more >Forward!
One thing was certain in the 2012 Presidential election: the stakes were high for health care reform. Governor Romney started his campaign with standard rhetoric about repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but by the end of the campaign, most pundits had concluded that repeal was highly unlikely, regardless of the outcome of the election. Governor Romney himself had started …
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