Detroit Free Press: Snyder pushes to extend Medicaid to 470,000 Michiganders: ‘Care for people who need it’
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s support for expanding the state’s Medicaid program “really is a big deal,” CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips tells the Detroit Free Press following Snyder’s public declaration
Read more >Interlochen Public Radio: Are Michigan doctors ready for more Medicaid?
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips discusses a CHRT survey that answers a key question surrounding a possible Michigan Medicaid expansion: Are there enough doctors who will accept Medicaid patients?
Read more >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 >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 >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 >Crain's Detroit Business: Obama victory means health care reform moves forward, execs say
CHRT’s analysis of a Michigan Medicaid expansion is highlighed by this Crain’s article that examines what President Barack Obama’s re-election means for the Affordable Care Act, including the optional Medicaid expansion.
Read more >The Plain Dealer: Ohio’s high Medicaid cost estimates questioned by some experts
The Cleveland Plain Dealer speaks with CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips about CHRT’s analysis of a Michigan Medicaid expansion amid high Medicaid cost estimates from the Ohio governor’s administration.
Read more >Crain's Detroit Business: Analysis: Medicaid expansion could save state nearly $1B over decade
Crain’s reports on a CHRT analysis, conducted in partnership with two University of Michigan economists, that shows the State of Michigan could save nearly $1 billion over 10 years if the state opts to expand Medicaid.
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