Category Archives: Policy Matters

Lansing Battles over Biologics

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Abigail RN

House Health Policy This Week Ever notice how two people can read the same words and come away with opposite meanings? I watched that spring to life in the House Health Policy Committee on Tuesday, October 27, in a dispute over medications. Horrendously expensive Biologic … Continue reading →

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Does Michigan Need an Exchange, after All?

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Abigail RN

One week ago, the Supreme Court heard King v. Burwell, the challenge to subsidies applied through the federal exchange. If sustained, this will directly affect approximately 237,000 subsidized Michigan residents. (My calculation using the 2014 HHS subsidy rate of 87%, … Continue reading →

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