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June 20, 2006
June 20, 2006
An Advisory Council report released today supports Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm’s Michigan First Health Care Plan, along with recommendations to increase access to health insurance coverage for Michigan’s uninsured residents, state officials said.
“With these recommendations, the Council recognizes that the status quo from the last decade for the problems Michigan faces with its uninsured population is unacceptable,” said Janet Olszewski, Director of the Michigan Department of Community Health. “Concepts like Governor Granholm’s Michigan First Health Care Plan will provide affordable and accessible health insurance coverage for hundreds of thousands of Michigan citizens, and decrease health care costs for everyone.”
The Michigan State Planning Project for the Uninsured Advisory Council, which includes representatives from large and small businesses, local chambers of commerce, unions, insurers, health care plans, providers, and consumers, supports the goal of all Michigan residents having access to affordable, quality health insurance.
“These recommendations represent a significant step forward for concretely addressing the status of our state’s uninsured population,” said Kevin Seitz, co-chair of the Advisory Council and President/CEO of Blue Care Network. “We brought together a diverse group with different perspectives on this critical issue, and built consensus around a very realistic direction for Michigan to improve its overall health care coverage.”
The 30-member Advisory Council reached consensus on recommendations, which if implemented, would secure access to health insurance coverage for the majority of those who are currently uninsured.
Among its many recommendations, the Advisory Council recommends and supports the following:
· Implementing the concept of the “Michigan First Health Care Plan”, which will eventually provide coverage for more than half of Michigan 1.1 million uninsured residents, beginning in April 2007;
· Developing a public education initiative to inform residents and policy-makers of the nature, severity and impact of Michigan having 1.1 million of its residents without health insurance;
· Maximizing enrollment of eligible individuals and dependents into group-sponsored health insurance;
· Improving Michigan’s business climate by covering the uninsured, thereby reducing the cost burden of health insurance on Michigan employers. Expansion efforts, at least in the short-term, should seek to maintain or expand upon the employer-based health insurance system;
· Addressing the adequacy of Medicaid payment rates for providers, hospitals, and managed care organizations;
· Strengthening the health care safety net provider system to better address the health care needs of our most vulnerable populations;
· Providing incentives and encouraging employers to offer dependent coverage (with or without employer contributions);
· Maintaining the high levels of coverage for children in Michigan, and
· Creating a non-governmental, bi-partisan successor council to focus on securing health insurance coverage for uninsured Michigan residents and to address the inextricably intertwined issues of cost containment, access, and quality of health care.
The Advisory Council also encouraged Governor Granholm and the Michigan Legislature to take an active role and establish a high priority for implementing these recommendations. Reducing the uninsured in Michigan will greatly benefit all residents, both the insured and uninsured, as well as improve Michigan’s business and economic climate.
The Advisory Council is comprised of a multitude of diverse organizations, including the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Detroit Wayne County Health Authority, the Small Business Association of Michigan, the Economic Alliance of Michigan. Free Clinics of Michigan, Michigan League for Human Services, Michigan Health and Hospital Association, the Michigan State Medical Society, Alliance for Health, Michigan Universal Health Care Action Network, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, AARP, the Michigan Osteopathic Association, Michigan Manufacturers Association, Michigan Association For Local Public Health, Michigan Primary Care Association, Greater Flint Health Coalition, and the Michigan Association of Health Plans.
Also, the Greater Detroit Area Health Council, the Michigan Teamsters Joint Council, the School- Community Health Alliance, the Michigan State University School of Medicine, the Michigan Consumer Health Care Coalition, the Michigan Association of Counties, Access To Care Community Coalition, and the SEIU Local #79.