Fox 2 News: Understanding the Affordable Health Care Act
Amy Lange with Fox 2 News sits down with CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips to find out what consumers need to know about the Affordable Care Act before the new health insurance exchanges launch Oct. 1.
Read more >Crain's Detroit Business: A lesson from Massachusetts: Biz, government should work together
Among the coverage in a Crain’s Detroit Business special section aimed at educating employers and employees on the coming changes under the ACA is a retelling of a previous article summarizing CHRT’s Massachusetts Comes to Michigan: Lessons about Health Care Reform from Business Leaders symposium in February 2013.
Read more >The Ann Arbor News: Health care changes: Thousands in Washtenaw County to be eligible for Medicaid, other subsidies
CHRT and the Washtenaw Health Initiative are center stage (and front page) in the newly (re)launched Ann Arbor News. The article looks at what the Affordable Care Act means for Washtenaw County residents and where—and who—they can go to for help.
Read more >Michigan Radio: What can Michigan residents expect from the Affordable Care Act?
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips speaks with Cynthia Canty, host of Michigan Radio’s Stateside, about what Michigan residents should know about the Affordable Care Act as the opening of the new health insurance exchanges nears.
Read more >Michigan Radio: 6 things to know about healthcare changes in Michigan
What does 138 percent of poverty translate into in dollars? Michigan Radio refers to an earlier interview CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips for the answer.
Read more >Crain's Detroit Business: Study: Only 4 percent of small businesses in Michigan affected by Obamacare provision
Crain’s Detroit Business reports on CHRT’s brief about the Affordable Care Act and its effects on small employers, citing that only 4 percent of Michigan’s 154,488 small businesses with fewer than 100 employees are expected to be impacted by the health insurance mandate contained in the ACA.
Read more >HealthLeaders Media: $6.4B Henry Ford, Beaumont Merger Failed on Cultural Hurdles
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips explains why she wasn’t surprised to hear that merger talks between Henry Ford and Beaumont health systems deteriorated.
Read more >Detroit Free Press: Henry Ford, Beaumont $6.6-billion mega merger is called off
Following the annoucement that the $6.6-billion mega merger between Henry Ford and Beaumont health systems is now off, CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips offers her perspective on contributing factors to the failed merger.
Read more >The Ann Arbor News: U-M Health System has some of the highest charges in the state, but patients rarely face them
Hospital charge data released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on average figures from Medicare patient data are not useful or relevant for most consumers, says CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips.
Read more >Bridge Magazine: Oregon Medicaid study shows value of investment in mental health
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips wonders why there is still a distinction made between “physical health” and “mental health”after media headlines proclaim Medicaid had “no significant effect” on Oregon enrollees, despite data showing a significant reduction in depression compared to an uninsured control group.
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