November 3, 2014
Michigan falls in state ranking of health insurance competition
By: Rick Murdock We’re number 3! And that’s not good. The latest American Medical Association (AMA) annual review of health insurer competition found that Michigan has the third least competitive health insurance market in the […]
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September 18, 2014
Pinnacle Awards: Showing what health care leaders do
By: Rick Murdock MAHP’s Pinnacle Awards are always one of the high points of the year for our association – and for me, personally. Yes, I’m an association executive, and I know that we need […]
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September 9, 2014
Ready, set…Go on Nov. 15 for open individual enrollment
By: Rick Murdock Michigan’s health plans are preparing now for the next open enrollment period for individual health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act. If you are interested in purchasing or renewing your individual […]
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August 6, 2014
HICA tax passes muster
By Dominick Pallone, Deputy Director MAHP was very pleased to get word recently that Michigan’s Health Insurance Claims Assessment (HICA) tax has passed muster with the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled that the […]
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June 27, 2014
Competition is working
By Rick Murdock Competition has been a key focus for the members of the Michigan Association of Health Plans. We believe vigorous competition on a level playing field among many companies is the right way […]
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May 19, 2014
Good news: Michigan residents are signing up for affordable health care
By Rick Murdock The latest enrollment numbers for Michigan’s Affordable Care Act Exchange have been announced, and it looks like there has been some progress made in getting Michigan residents signed up for affordable health […]
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May 19, 2014
Healthy Michigan Plan: It’s working, but we’ve got to keep it up!
By Rick Murdock All of us at the Michigan Association of Health Plans were strong supporters of Gov. Rick Snyder’s Healthy Michigan Plan, providing health insurance to low-income working men and women. So we have […]
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April 16, 2014
For a robust Medicaid Managed Care system to work, companies must be reasonably compensated
By Rick Murdock Many people don’t fully realize that members of the Michigan Association of Health Plans are largely responsible for delivery of Medicaid services in Michigan for nearly 1.3 million persons – a number […]
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March 28, 2014
American’s still learning about federal health care reform
By Rick Murdock A new national survey you can learn about on our media page shows that Americans are split in thirds about the new federal health care reform – a third like it, a third don’t […]
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March 12, 2014
Working together to create a Healthy Michigan in 2014
By Rick Murdock As we celebrate a new year, I’m happy to report that we’re starting things off on a positive note – the Healthy Michigan plan has officially been given the OK by the […]
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