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The Oakland Press: Expand Healthy Kids Dental to all remaining counties

Peter J. Polverini, DDS, DMSc, dean emeritus at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry and a 2014 CHRT Policy Fellow, calls on the Michigan Legislature to expand Healthy Kids Dental to Wayne, Oakland and Kent counties.

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The Tennessean: Health care providers question future of charity care

Reducing reimbursements to hospitals that provide charity care “…leaves hospitals to come up with strategies that best fit what’s going on in their particular market,” says Josh Fangmeier, CHRT’s health policy analyst.

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Modern Healthcare: Without Medicaid expansion, some hospitals suffer

In this Modern Healthcare report on hospital finances and uninsured populations in Medicaid expansion states compared to non-expansion states, CHRT Health Policy Analyst Josh Fangmeier breaks down Healthy Michigan enrollment numbers in Wayne County, which includes the Detroit metro region where many of the state’s largest health systems are located.

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Detroit Free Press: Surprise for thousands: Health insurance checks to average $31 to $403 (or more)

“One of the things that surprises me is … how different insurers are handling this,” says Josh Fangmeier, CHRT’s health policy analyst, following news that more than a dozen insurers must reimburse Michigan consumers a total of $13.1 million. The unanticipated checks—ranging from $31 to $403 or more in Michigan—stem from the Affordable Care Act’s 80/20 rule, which limits how …

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Bridge Magazine: Obamacare giveth, but courts could taketh away

While the court system sorts through whether Congress intended for people on both state and federal health insurance marketplaces to be eligible for tax credits, CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips outlines three possible – though very political – ways the issue could be resolved and retain the tax credits.

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Michigan Radio: ACA ruling and its impact on Michigan

CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips sits down with Jennifer White, host of Michigan Radio’s All Things Considered, to discuss two separate federal appeals court rulings on a key provision in the Affordable Care Act–and what it means for Michiganders who bought health insurance on the marketplace.

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Detroit Free Press: Court rulings leave millions in health care tax credits in jeopardy

“I think it’s important to understand that this isn’t the last word,” CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips tells the Detroit Free Press following a pair of contradictory court decisions that jeopardize millions of dollars in tax credits for nearly a quarter-million Michiganders.

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The Detroit News: Health law rulings may affect Mich. subsidies

Dueling court decisions on whether people who buy insurance through federally facilitated marketplaces can receive federal health insurance subsidies “emphasize how controversial this law continues to be even in the court system,” CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips tells The Detroit News.

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