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Healthcare reforms battle in Michigan rages on

G. Turner
Health insurance care reform confusion debate

The state has still not given its approval for the Governor’s new health insurance marketplace. Governor Rick Snyder has made yet another attempt to step forward in the state’s healthcare reforms by trying to obtain approval for a new health insurance market in Michigan, but this has once again been denied. The struggle in the state over the changes that must be made to the system is nowhere near over. The Republican-led Senate in Michigan was quick to stand behind the governor’s state created and operated health insurance exchange, as…

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Health insurance exchange in Michigan currently under debate

H. Cutner
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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