In The Media, Michigan Radio: It’s almost time for Michigan to start sharing Medicaid expansion costs
Starting in 2017, the State of Michigan will pay 5% of the Healthy Michigan Plan’s operating cost. Gov. Rick Snyder’s proposed 2017 budget, which requires the state Legislature’s approval, included over $100 million for Healthy Michigan, the state’s Medicaid expansion program that provides health insurance for about 600,000 Michiganders. Marianne Udow-Phillips, CHRT’s director, tells Michigan Radio she predicts the Legislature’s eventual approval “because the state is still getting savings from the general …
Read more >In The Media, Michigan Radio: It’s almost time for Michigan to start sharing Medicaid expansion costs
Gov. Rick Snyder’s new budget contains over $100 million for Healthy Michigan. That’s a reminder that it’s time for the state of Michigan to pony up some of the Medicaid expansion program’s operation cost. That Healthy Michigan program means health insurance for some 600,000 lower-income Michiganders. Marianne Udow-Phillips is with the Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation…
Read more >Crain's Detroit Business, In The Media: Survey notes drop in small businesses offering health insurance
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips explains why she does not believe the Affordable Care Act is behind a drop in the number of small Michigan companies offering health insurance between 2013 and 2014, and her predictions for future insurance offer rate trends among businesses.
Read more >Rising Deductibles and the Underinsured
Co-authors Leah Corneail, Health Policy Analyst and CHRT Policy Fellowship Program Manager Josh Fangmeier, Senior Health Policy Analyst November 1st of this year marked the beginning of the Affordable Care Act’s third marketplace open enrollment period. As consumers, health plans, and exchanges prepared for open enrollment, much of the current health policy debate shifted from reducing the number of uninsured …
Read more >Consider the Conversation 2 Film and Panel
Download the flyer! Event: Consider the Conversation 2 Film and Panel When: Tuesday, Nov. 17th Time: 6:00pm – 8:30pm Doors open at 5:00pm with an hors d’oeuvres reception Where: Michigan Theater, 603 E Liberty St, Ann Arbor This event is free and open to the public. Registration not required, but encouraged (see below) The Washtenaw Health Initiative (WHI) will bring together …
Read more >Report: Michiganders who were underinsured in 2013 outnumbered the uninsured
The Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation at the University of Michigan today released a special report: The Underinsured in Michigan. The issue brief shows that in 2013, nearly 1.2 million Michigan residents with health insurance coverage had out-of-pocket medical spending that was high enough relative to income to be considered underinsured. These underinsured individuals exceeded the 1 million who …
Read more >In The Media: Roundtable on 50th anniversary of Medicare
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips participated in the Ford School & IHPI roundtable discussion with U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell and former U.S. Rep. John Dingell to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Medicare and 80th anniversary of Social Security.
Read more >In The Media, WKAR Current State: Michigan analyst praises SCOTUS health care ruling
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips explains what the highly anticipated U.S. Supreme Court decision in King v. Burwell provides moving forward: certainty.
Read more >In The Media, Washington Business Journal: Here’s why massive health insurance mergers might not be bad for business
Amid a potentially massive shuffle of ownership in the health insurance market, the Washington Business Journal asks CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips if all these mergers are a good thing or bad for business.
Read more >In The Media, MiBiz: Study determines CON limits new entrants, health care competition
CHRT’s May 2015 report, “A Tale of Three Cities: Health Care Costs in the Midwest,” is cited after a George Mason University report re-ignites discussion on Michigan’s certificate-of-need law.
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