medicaid

Michigan's new state budget restricts Medicaid coverage of GLP-1 weight loss drugs to morbidly obese individuals, cutting pharmaceutical appropriations by $240 million.

Some 14,500 Medicaid patients in Michigan must now pay out-of-pocket or go elsewhere for services like cancer screenings and birth control. "For so many, they're just not going to get the care that they need," one provider said.

The Citizens Research Council of Michigan says ending the tax credits will cause people's insurance premiums to skyrocket by hundreds of dollars a year on average.

Some 14,000 Michigan patients who rely on Medicaid will be affected, Planned Parenthood of Michigan said Friday.

Some Michigan teachers are taking on summer side hustles as a result of low pay in schools. Then, how Congress's major tax and spending plan affects rural hospitals. Plus, a new book created for older elementary students reading below grade-level.

Michigan's health director spent a year and $30 million building a work requirements system for Medicaid. The problems he encountered have him worried now that 40 states must do the same by 2027.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer wants a waiver to delay the impacts of Medicaid cuts on Michiganders. State House Speaker Matt Hall says that's OK, as long as the cuts happen.

The Democratic governor said she had no qualms about partnering with a Republican president with whom she once had a fractious relationship.

Consumer confidence declined through the first half of 2025, according to a new U-M survey. Also, a group in the Upper Peninsula is organizing to preserve the memory of labor icon “Big Annie." Plus, we checked in with a fourth-generation Michigan farmer as he navigates uncertainty in the agricultural sector.

Researchers at the University of North Carolina say Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” could put three Michigan hospitals among those at risk of closure and service reductions.