Michigan Affordable Health Insurance

Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox (R) and consumer advocates on Tuesday asked the state Legislature to abandon plans to approve legislation in the upcoming lame-duck session that would allow Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, the state’s insurer of last resort, to restructure, the Detroit Free Press reports (Bell, Detroit Free Press, 11/18). Michigan lawmakers [...]

ProAssurance Group is now offering a specialized professional liability program designed for Michigan’s community hospitals. The health insurance coverage is being made available through Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin, Inc. (PIC WISCONSIN), a ProAssurance subsidiary. "We are pleased to have the opportunity to serve Michigan’s community based hospitals with our proven, cost-effective insurance programs," said [...]

The Michigan House on Wednesday voted 89-17 to approve bills that would limit how much for-profit health insurers could increase their rates during policy renewals, the Detroit News reports. The bills, introduced earlier this month, also would require health insurers to contribute to a pool administered by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan that would [...]

MichiganSenate Health Policy Committee Chair Tom George (R) on Thursday recommendedthat lawmakers take action on three provisions intended to manage Michigan’s individualinsurance market, including some proposed by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, the Detroit Free Press reports. About 322,000 state residents betweenages 18 and 64 have individual policies — %26quot;a growing number of whom [...]