Does auto insurance cover your health expenses if you don’t have health insurance coverage? From the story of this Michigan family it seems that if you don’t have health insurance coverage you “better be in a car accident” if hurt. It is very strange is it not?
“I was in the car with my husband when [...]
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox (R) and consumer advocates on Tuesday asked the state Legislature to abandon plans to approve legislation in the upcoming lame-duck session that would allow Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, the state’s insurer of last resort, to restructure, the Detroit Free Press reports (Bell, Detroit Free Press, 11/18).
Michigan lawmakers [...]
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox on Tuesday reinforced his position requesting more precise details about the projected losses of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan on individual health policies, saying the Legislature should not pass legislation sought by the insurer to offset losses in the individual market until consumers have more information, the Detroit Free [...]
ProAssurance Group is now offering a specialized professional liability program designed for Michigan’s community hospitals.
The health insurance coverage is being made available through Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin, Inc. (PIC WISCONSIN), a ProAssurance subsidiary.
"We are pleased to have the opportunity to serve Michigan’s community based hospitals with our proven, cost-effective insurance programs," said Christopher Brady, [...]
The Michigan Senate on Thursday approved legislation that would require the state Department of Community Healthto develop a program to recoup costs paid by Medicaid for people wholived in nursing homes or received in-home care services before theirdeath, the Detroit News reports. Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) was expected to sign the bill.
Thestate is [...]
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) on Mondaysaid the state will not cut Medicaid as part of a plan to reduce statespending by $435 million, the Detroit Free Pressreports. The state faces a $1.75 billion deficit. Areas that could facecuts include prisons, universities, public schools, Medicaid andnursing home payments. Granholm said, %26quot;We are not going to [...]
A bipartisan group of Michigan lawmakers on Wednesday proposed fourbills that would block private health insurers from significantlyraising rates during policy renewals, the Detroit Free Press reports. The legislation also would relax a requirement that the not-for-profit, tax-exempt insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan receive approval from the Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance [...]
The Michigan House on Wednesday voted 89-17 to approve bills that would limit how much for-profit health insurers could increase their rates during policy renewals, the Detroit News reports. The bills, introduced earlier this month, also would require health insurers to contribute to a pool administered by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan that would [...]
Times are changing in regards to Michigan’s health care needs. In part, it is due to our struggling economy, and another reason is the growing trend for the need of individual affordable health insurance, as it relates to insurance for individuals and families.
Michigan’s consumers need more affordable options in health care.
Legislation has been introduced in [...]
MichiganSenate Health Policy Committee Chair Tom George (R) on Thursday recommendedthat lawmakers take action on three provisions intended to manage Michigan’s individualinsurance market, including some proposed by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, the Detroit Free Press reports. About 322,000 state residents betweenages 18 and 64 have individual policies — %26quot;a growing number of whom [...]