Tag: Michigan health insurance exchange

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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Affordable Care Act continues to cause controversy

Marc
homeowners insurance policy multiple claims

Potential problems begin to emerge for the Affordable Care Act There is no shortage of controversy when it comes to the Affordable Care Act in the U.S. The federal law was passed in 2010 and has been the crux of political conflict ever since then, with many politicians claiming that it oversteps the federal government’s boundaries in terms of authority. Earlier this year, the law made its way to the Supreme Court, where Justices debated the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act and its various provisions. Though the Justices showed…

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Michigan health insurance exchange may be passed to federal government

Health insurance deadline

Michigan struggles with building an exchange program Michigan has been grappling with setting up its own health insurance exchange. The state is required to build an exchange by federal law. The Michigan health insurance exchange would provide residents with access to affordable insurance coverage and would likely create more competition in the state’s insurance industry. Governor Rick Snyder has announced that the state may petition the federal government to take over the effort and run the exchange itself. This would mean that the Michigan health insurance exchange would not actually…

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Snyder reveals his healthcare plan to send Obama’s reforms to a non-profit

Julie Campbell

Governor Rick Snyder (Michigan) has unveiled his plans for implementing one of the primary healthcare reforms from the Obama administration – the statewide affordable health insurance marketplace for consumers – by proposing legislation that would turn the task over to a non-profit organization. Snyder made the announcement in his first major speech about healthcare, in which he made a call for the forming of the MIHealth Marketplace. This would be a non-profit group that would supervise the sale of health insurance to small businesses struggling to be able to offer…

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