Health insurance exchange in Michigan currently under debate

Michigan Health Insurance - State Plan

Lawmakers in the state are currently considering the way to spend their $31 million healthcare grant. The Governor Rick Snyder administration has instructed Michigan lawmakers to consider the $31 million grant that the federal government provided in order to establish the state’s health insurance exchange, as their approval will be required within the next few weeks. This is meant to ensure that a consumer friendly coverage marketplace will be effectively established. This is a requirement of the federal healthcare overhaul. Should the spending of the money for the health insurance…

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States may be on their own for health insurance exchange costs

Health care has been a hot issue for several years now. Since the days when the Affordable Care Act was being championed by the Obama Administration until now, there has been shortage of controversy surrounding health insurance. Now, the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Energy and Commerce has approved a number of bills that is likely to incite backlash from supporters of the health care reform law. One bill in particular targets health insurance exchanges. Health insurance exchanges are one of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Their primary…

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