LoginThe Metro: The difficulties Michigan hospitals and their patients face as premiums rise
America’s health insurance is distributed in a patchwork way. There are public health insurers, like Medicaid and Medicare, and then there are private ones. That’s where a lot of citizens and state residents get their health insurance — through their work or through the private market.
That insurance may become harder to come by for over 200,000 residents. Two health insurance agencies, Health Alliance Plan and Molina Healthcare, will no longer offer coverage through the Affordable Care Act in Michigan. And, Meridian Health Plan will be significantly shrinking its coverage for state residents.
That’s happening as premium costs are expected to go through the roof because the Republican-controlled Congress did not include an extension of health insurance tax credits in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Robyn Vincent spoke with Brian Peters, CEO of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association, about what these changes will mean for Michiganders who sign up for healthcare through the Affordable Care Act, and how hospitals will be impacted.
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