Passage of health insurance exchange bill this year looks unlikely
Crain’s Detroit Business – On Nov. 10, the Michigan Senate passed legislation that would create a statewide health insurance exchange, but that may be as far as the legislation moves in 2011.
View ArticleMichigan House GOP blocks efforts to set up health exchange
Associated Press–Michigan’s Republican legislators want to wait for the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on an insurance mandate before starting a state health insurance exchange. But Michigan’s governor...
View ArticleGovernor asks for House cooperation to retain state control of exchange
petoskeynews.com — With the Supreme Court upholding most parts of the Affordable Care Act, Gov. Synder asked legislators to cooperate in designing a health insurance exchange. Synder wants to minimize...
View ArticleHouse panel unconvinced by health plans’ support of state-run exchange
mlive.com — Representatives from the Michigan Association of Health Plans, Physicians Health Plan of Mid-Michigan and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan testified at a House panel hearing on...
View ArticleGovernor moves ahead with federal partnership for Michigan health insurance...
Crain’s Detroit Business — With House Republicans refusing to authorize a state-run exchange and a Nov. 16 deadline to submit an exchange blueprint to the Department of Health & Human Services,...
View ArticleBusiness organization lobbies for state-run health insurance exchange
Crain’s Detroit Business — Michigan Business and Professional Association, which represents more than 20,000 small business members, prefers a state-run exchange rather than the planned state-federal...
View ArticleMichigan conflicted over health insurance exchange
Carla Anderson healthinsurance.org contributor Michigan can’t agree if or how to proceed with a health insurance exchange. Gov. Rick Synder is on record as supporting a state-run exchange. The Michigan...
View ArticleMichigan picks benchmark plan
mlive — Gov. Rick Synder an HMO plan as its model for for the benefits that will be covered by all plans offered on the state exchange.
View ArticleLast legislative push for state-run exchange fails in MI
Crain’s Detroit Business — A House committee failed to advance a bill for a state-run exchange. Gov. Rick Snyder supports a state-run exchange, but has announced the state will settle for a...
View ArticleMichigan House votes to use federal health exchange grant
wsbt.com — The Republican-controlled House approved a bill to begin using a $31 million federal grant to establish a health insurance exchange. The exchange will be jointly operated by the state and...
View ArticleMichigan health insurance exchange: insurers want in
Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services press release — Fourteen insurers applied to participate in the Michigan health insurance exchange. All but one of the insurers plan to...
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