News Category: Crain's Detroit Business
Survey notes drop in small businesses offering health insurance
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips explains why she does not believe the Affordable Care Act is behind a drop in the number of small Michigan companies offering health insurance between 2013 and 2014, and her predictions for future insurance offer rate trends among businesses.
After Medicaid expansion, Tenet sees 85 percent drop in uninsured admissions in Michigan
CHRT Health Policy Analyst Josh Fangmeier explains geographic variation in Healthy Michigan Plan enrollment–Michigan’s expanded Medicaid program–in this Crain’s Detroit Business article comparing Medicaid expansion states to non-expansion states.
Blues reap big savings by axing individual plans
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips discusses BCBSM’s cancellation of 25 individual health plans and the impact on consumers.
UM report: Employer-sponsored health insurance on decline for over 10 years
Crain’s Detroit Business reports on CHRT’s Private Health Insurance in Michigan 2008-2011 brief, which shows that employer-sponsored health insurance has been in decline for more than 10 years.
A lesson from Massachusetts: Biz, government should work together
Among the coverage in a Crain’s Detroit Business special section aimed at educating employers and employees on the coming changes under the ACA is a retelling of a previous article summarizing CHRT’s Massachusetts Comes to Michigan: Lessons about Health Care Reform from Business Leaders symposium in February 2013.
Study: Only 4 percent of small businesses in Michigan affected by Obamacare provision
Crain’s Detroit Business reports on CHRT’s brief about the Affordable Care Act and its effects on small employers, citing that only 4 percent of Michigan’s 154,488 small businesses with fewer than 100 employees are expected to be impacted by the health insurance mandate contained in the ACA.
New insurance cooperative to join health exchange; targets small biz
East Lansing-based Consumers Mutual Insurance of Michigan will apply to sell policies on the new health insurance exchange starting Oct. 1, but CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips says they will face tough competition.
Coping with health reform: Massachusetts biz leaders offer advice to Michigan execs
Crain’s Detroit Business highlights the key messages from Massachusetts business leaders to their Michigan counterparts during a CHRT-sponsored event, including clarification that the Massachusetts business community is “not crazy” for supporting health care reform and the individual mandate. (Free online subscription required to view full text)