Michigan Affordable Health Insurance

State lawmakers are seeking to reform Michigan health insurance. As per the case in many locales around the nation, health care costs are rising in Michigan and the number of uninsured is rising. Currently, an estimated one in eleven Michiganders, or 1.2 million, are without insurance. Reforming Michigan health insurance is a top priority for the state that is losing revenue at an alarming rate.

The number of uninsured children and adults in Michigan is rising and destabilizing the state’s health care delivery system. More than one million people in Michigan --- one of every 8 people, including 160,000 children --- are uninsured. Leaders from throughout the region representing insurers, health systems, labor, business and the faith community will come together to advocate for change as they launch Cover The Uninsured Week in Michigan at a special News Conference and Health Expo for the Uninsured, Monday, March 23 at Cobo Center from 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM (News Conference at 10:30 AM).

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 Press reports. The legislation would grant the insurer more flexibility in determining its premium rates for individual coverage and would reduce state regulation.

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 are working to consolidate two versions of the legislation, one approved last year by the state House and another approved in the spring by the state Senate (Rogers, Detroit News, 11/19).

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?