medicaid

The state of Michigan is suing a metro Detroit nursing home operator over alleged staffing shortages, using an unusual approach: a Medicaid fraud law.

Complex computer systems that decide whether people get Medicaid benefits have a history of errors. Now, changes to comply with Trump's tax and domestic policy law are inundating those systems.

Near the end of the event, two unidentified protesters began slamming plans to dramatically slash federal health care spending.

"Medicaid expansion enrollment was associated with reductions in medical debt in collections and rates of subprime credit scores as long as 7 years after enrollment," says the study published in JAMA Network Open.

How one free clinic in southwest Detroit is helping uninsured pregnant women in Michigan access the healthcare they need.

Between 171,000 and 355,000 Michiganders are projected to lose Medicaid coverage under new work requirements and more frequent eligibility determinations, according to the Urban Institute.

More than a dozen states, including Michigan, have sued the Trump administration over a federal declaration that would end funding for healthcare providers who offer gender-affirming care.

Michigan groups want Governor Whitmer to join with other states to offer a voice of authority different from the federal government, which they say is politicizing public health.

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.