Medicaid improves access to care for low-wage workers who cannot survive on bare-bone benefits offered by their employers.

States like Michigan, where the vast majority of Medicaid funds come from the federal government, would have to figure out how to reduce services, trim people from the program or backfill the cuts ...

Medicaid is more than just a government program — it’s a lifeline for millions of Michigan families and a cornerstone of our health care system. Right now, there are proposals in Washington ...

LANSING, Mich. – Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer released data on the devastating impact of proposed Medicaid cuts on Michigan seniors that rip $325 million away from nursing homes and weaken ...

In D.C., the Trump administration’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” narrowly passed in the U.S. Senate, and is currently being ...

The critical access hospital in Ontonagon, just 50 miles from my hometown in the Upper Peninsula, closed last year. The nearest emergency room is now a 45-mile drive away — nearly an hour in ...

According to the American Council on Aging, Medicaid in Michigan covers most services if a single person earns less than $2,901 per month, or $5,802 for married couples.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer released a report from Michigan's health department that says more than 700,000 Michiganders could lose their health care coverage under potential Medicaid cuts floated by ...

Nearly $7 billion in Medicaid payments go to Michigan hospitals every year – money that supports health care, which is one of the state’s largest industries and contributes $77 billion each ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)– EPIC MRA, a Lansing-based survey research firm, asked 600 likely Michigan voters their opinion about Medicaid, a federal-state program through which 1 in 4 Michigan res… ...

Medicaid is the backbone of Michigan’s health care system. More than 2.6 million people in our state depend on Medicaid for essential care — including more than 1 million children, seniors who ...