CHRT study shows Michigan’s mental health system broken, lacks capacity, care not integrated
The Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT) today released data showing that while one in four Michiganders reported being diagnosed with depression and/or anxiety, finding mental health services is difficult for consumers in most areas of the state, a fact confirmed by primary care providers seeking to refer patients. The research brief, “Access to Mental Health Care in Michigan,” …
Read more >The Hunger for Debate: Communication and the Affordable Care Act
On November 4, our Center—along with the Knight-Wallace Fellows at Michigan, Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, and Michigan Radio—held a symposium at the University of Michigan on communication of the Affordable Care Act. The symposium was energetic and the panelists thoughtful. But, what has been most striking to me has been the reaction we have received from those who …
Read more >Crain's Detroit Business: Blues reap big savings by axing individual plans
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips discusses BCBSM’s cancellation of 25 individual health plans and the impact on consumers.
Read more >WKAR Current State: Michigan healthcare org updates ACA rollout
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips dicusses CHRT’s mission and the center’s work related to health care reform.
Read more >Michigan Radio: Issues & Ale: Health care & the Affordable Care Act
Marianne Udow-Phillips, CHRT director, joined Don Hazaert, director of Michigan Consumers for Healthcare, and Melissa Anders, a statewide business reporter with MLive, to discuss the impacts of the Affordable Care Act during Michigan Radio’s Issues & Ale event.
Read more >New Products on the Health Insurance Exchange: What is Old Becomes New
When I was at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, we used to say that you couldn’t sell any products without having all key providers included in them. But, that was at a time when health benefits were considered “fringe benefits,” unions were powerful drivers of benefit designs and employers covered most of the health insurance premium. Times, however, are …
Read more >Michigan Radio: Stateside Program
Cynthia Canty, host of Michigan Radio’s Stateside, speaks with CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips about the Michigan Health Insurance Exchange one week after its official opening on Oct. 1.
Read more >A Crucial Ingredient in the Affordable Care Act to Getting Young People to Get Coverage
Like everyone I know who is a health policy junkie, I have been very excited about the launch of the health insurance exchanges. But, my excitement is not just because of my professional interest—and wanting to see how these things actually work and how health care changes as a result—it is also for personal reasons. My 27-year-old goddaughter had to …
Read more >Detroit Free Press: Health reform questions: Couldn’t get on exchange the first day? Don’t worry
CHRT Health Policy Analyst Josh Fangmeier and Paul Duguay, deputy director of the Lansing-based Michigan Association of Health Plans, answer health reform questions from Detroit Free Press readers.
Read more >WDIV: Experts discuss the pros and cons of the Affordable Health Care Act also known as Obamacare
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips joins Frank McGeorge, an emergency room physician at Henry Ford Health System, and Lance Gable, a professor of Public Health Law at Wayne State University, to discuss the Affordable Care Act.
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