“All the logic would tell you that we got to do something for these people,” he said in an interview a day after House Republicans unveiled their Medicaid expansion legislation. “We just can’t continue with this number of people uninsured. It’s all coming down to what the program looks like.”
Michigan Republicans are the only ones who think it’s a bitter pill. The evidence that Medicaid expansion is in the best interests of Michigan and its citizens keeps stacking up. Even Governor Rick Snyder gets it. But Michigan Republicans continue …
Lansing - The outcome of a political battle over Gov. Rick Snyder’s proposed Medicaid expansion could have serious consequences for Michigan hospitals, particularly the Detroit Medical Center.
Health Authority Board of Directors issues resolution on Medicaid expansion
April 26, 2013
Board of Directors Resolution Medicaid Expansion
Whereas, the Detroit Wayne County Health Authority was established to provide access to health care for all people; and
Whereas, many uninsured adults neglect routine health and dental care until their conditions become emergent requiring expensive care; and
Whereas, an estimated 125,000 people in Wayne County are currently uninsured; and
Whereas, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provides for the expansion of the Medicaid program to cover most of uninsured adults; and
Whereas, Gov. Snyder has endorsed the expansion of Medicaid in Michigan as a prudent measure that is affordable and will improve the quality of life for all; and
Whereas, Michigan stands to be one of only a few states in the nation that deprives vulnerable citizens with basic health and dental care coverage; and
Be it resolved, that the Detroit Wayne County Health Authority Board of Directors, acting on behalf of our member organizations and the citizens of Detroit and Wayne County, strongly urge our State Legislature to authorize Medicaid expansion.
Last month, I went on Tony Conley’s radio show on WILS in Lansing to talk about conservative activist Jack Hoogendyk’s shameful lies and scare tactics about Medicaid expansion in Michigan. I predicted to Tony that Hoogendyk would argue with no evidence that the federal government would break its promise to fund Medicaid in the future,&
1. It is simply sensible public policy to tap federal funds already set aside to expand preventive and life-saving health care under Medicaid. Expansion represents the best single opportunity to improve access to behavioral health-care services for Michigan’s citizens most in need.
Chamber Vice President Doug DeYoung said it would minimize the impact of uncompensated care and it would bring businesses in line with federal healthcare reform laws.
“We’re going to have to cut the cost of the uninsured in our state. Wile we may not like the national healthcare system, while we may not like where we are heading…we have to, because of the Supreme Court ruling, start implementing parts of it. This is the part of it that helps cover the uninsured,” DeYoung said.
