Our new study in @jamahealthforum.com shows:
Medicaid coverage can be a springboard, not just a safety net.
When health improved, employment nearly doubled (26%β47%) among adults with serious health burdens.
Coverage supports work.
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Testified today at Michigan Senate in support of SB 449-451 to protect 1M Michiganders from medical debt on credit reports. As I wrote in @freep.com , debt forgiveness helps but prevention is the solution. Grateful to legislators working on this.
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Healthy Michigan Plan Evaluation
Did Michiganβs expansion of Medicaid, the public health insurance program for low-income adults, lead to improved access to health care and better health? From 2014 to 2024, IHPI studied these questio...
The team behind this new study was led by @minalrpphd.bsky.social of @umichsph.bsky.social and @susangoold.bsky.social of the University of Michigan Medical School
Learn more about our Medicaid evaluation project here: ihpi.umich.edu/research-pol...
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Forgiving medical debt is crucial, but it won't fix our health care system | Opinion
Debt relief is a compassionate bandage, but without structural reform, the wound keeps reopening.
Gov. Whitmer just erased $144M in medical debt for 200K+ Michigan families π
Thatβs hugeβbut itβs not a fix.
In my @freep.com op-ed, I explain how Michigan can prevent medical debtβnot just forgive it:
www.freep.com/story/opinio...
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Opinion | Michigan has tools to ease medical debt. Does it have the will? | Bridge Michigan
Medical debt is a public health issue, and Michigan should enlist Community Health Workers to help residents navigate a system designed to confuse.
Nearly 1 million Michiganders carry medical debtβthat's more than double the populations of Grand Rapids, Lansing & Ann Arbor combined. 80% of medical bills contain errors, but we have a solution hiding in plain sight- CHWs. My latest in
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3/ And it's about to get worse.
With ACA credits expiring, 20M+ face $705 average premium hikes.
Meanwhile, potential Medicaid cuts could shift costs to states and patients.
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2/ Key stats that should alarm everyone:
β’ US healthcare: $13K+ per person (2x other countries)
β’ 45% worry about affording care DESPITE having insurance
β’ $220+ billion in medical debt nationwide
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1/ π¨ While we focus on "Make America Healthy Again," @larrylevitt.bsky.social argues we need "Make American Health Care Affordable Again"
Thread on why this matters RIGHT NOW π§΅
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