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9&10 News

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Lake Charlevoix EMS millage passes, expanding ambulance services

Voters approved a revised millage to fund Lake Charlevoix EMS Authority ambulance operations and extend service into Bay Township.

Charlevoix, MI · 7d

Healthbeat

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As Medicaid rules change, students, hospitals, and community groups help people keep coverage

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here . Inside a small gas station, surrounded by chips, candy, cigarettes, and lottery tickets, a group of public health graduate students waited as the cashier finished helping customers. When it was their turn, Debbie Kariuki and her fellow Brown University students stepped forward with their stacks of Medicaid flyers. Through a glass partition, they explained to the woman at the register that they were sharing information about changes to Medicaid that could affect people’s healthcare coverage. “There wasn’t actually much room for us to post flyers,” Kariuki told me. But the cashier was eager to help alert others in her South Providence, Rhode Island, neighborhood. She welcomed the English and Arabic flyers, clearing out space for them at the checkout counter. She also asked for additional flyers in Pashto. The Brown students are part of wide-ranging efforts to reach millions of people across the country who are affected by major changes to Medicaid that start for certain recipients in January. To keep or obtain Medicaid healthcare coverage, these people will be required to demonstrate they meet new work or “community engagement” requirements , and they will face more

Rhode Island · 9d

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Four Trinity Health Michigan Hospitals Named America’s Best-In-State

Four Trinity Health Michigan hospitals have all been named America’s Best-in-State Hospitals 2027 by Newsweek. They include Trinity Health Ann Arbor, Trinity Health Grand Rapids, Trinity Health Livingston, and Chelsea Hospital. Three of those are ranked within the top 10 in Michigan - Trinity Health Ann Arbor (No. 7),...

Ann Arbor, MI · 12d

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Michigan cancer survivor urges research funding, trial access

LANSING — A Michigan breast cancer survivor is calling for continued federal research funding and broader access to clinical trials. According to Public News Service, oncology nurse Lisa Cummins was diagnosed at 35, six months after losing her mother to breast cancer. Now a 27-year survivor, she joined more than 750 patients, survivors and loved ones in Washington last month to meet with lawmakers.

Michigan · 11d

The News Advocate

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Manistee doctors launch Birch Shore Primary Care

Birch Shore Primary Care, a new doctor-owned clinic in Manistee, is accepting patients for family medicine and internal medicine.

Manistee, MI · 13d

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Berrien County Health Department urges vaccinations as Michigan flu hospitalizations rise

BERRIEN COUNTY, Mich. (WNDU) - State health officials are tracking an early increase in flu hospitalizations across Michigan, with 173 flu-related hospital admissions reported during the first three weeks of October. That total is more than four times higher than the number reported at the same time last year, according...

Berrien County, MI · 12d

WNDU

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Berrien County Health Department urges vaccinations as Michigan flu hospitalizations rise

Berrien County, MI · 12d

The Financial Wire

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Michigan’s insurance regulator and health department warned Oct. 12 that callers posing as Medicare staff pressure older residents to join Part D or lose coverage as enrollment runs to Dec. 7

Michigan’s insurance regulator and its health department are warning older residents about callers who pose as Medicare staff and push Part D drug coverage. The Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) issued the alert Oct. 12, three days before Medicare open enrollment began. Local broadcasters... The post Michigan’s insurance regulator and health department warned Oct. 12 that callers posing as Medicare staff pressure older residents to join Part D or lose coverage as enrollment runs to Dec. 7 appeared first on The Financial Wire .

Michigan · 15d

9&10 News

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Mental health resources shortage sparks upcoming town hall in Cadillac

Advocacy leaders pointed to local facility closures and systemic funding shortages as major drivers of the region’s mental health challenges. Amanda Siggins, with We The People Action Fund noted that rural areas are particularly affected by these cuts. “We are closing not just mental health facilities, but hospitals, counseling offices, while people in the communities like Cadillac suffer with mental health,” Siggins said. “Unfortunately, at state and federal levels, we are losing drastic amounts of funding to access these things for people and to make sure that they have them available.”

Cadillac, MI · 13d

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Over 2,300 Michigan ACA enrollees caught up in federal fraud sweep

Decrease Font Size Increase Font Size Text Size Print This Page Send by Email. Nearly 1,000 enrollees in Michigan’s Affordable Care Act plans had their policies canceled as a result of a federal crackdown on alleged fraud, according to state insurance officials, while at least another 1,372 remain under review.

Michigan · 17d

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M1 Insurance Group guides beneficiaries through their Medicare open enrollment options

Medicare open enrollment is underway as an estimated 115,000 residents in Michigan face the loss of their current health plans for the upcoming year. Debbie Stroup, Vice President of Operations for M1 Insurance Group, advised Medicare beneficiaries to review their coverage options rather than assuming existing plans will remain unchanged.

Michigan · 14d

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ICYMI: Michigan Business Beat | Carrie Rosingana, CAMW! | Medicaid Work Requirements Changes As of Oct. 1st

Chris Holman welcomes back Carrie Rosingana, CEO, CAMW! Capital Area Michigan Works!, Lansing, but serving Ingham, Eaton, and Clinton Counties. Watch Carrie and Chris discuss Michigan’s upcoming Medicaid work requirements and what employers and workers need to know in the YouTube video shared below:. In their conversation, Chris looked...

Michigan · 15d

The Financial Wire

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Most Michigan homeowners were paid $300 to $500 to sign 40-year MV Realty listing deals that a new state lawsuit seeks to cancel, more than 900 of them still active

Most of the Michigan homeowners who signed up with MV Realty’s “Homeowner Benefit Program” were paid $300 to $500 up front. In exchange, they gave the company an exclusive right to list their homes for 40 years. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel sued MV Realty on October 23, alleging the deals are disguised loans, and... The post Most Michigan homeowners were paid $300 to $500 to sign 40-year MV Realty listing deals that a new state lawsuit seeks to cancel, more than 900 of them still active appeared first on The Financial Wire .

Michigan · 17d

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Michigan’s community mental health system: Overcoming stigma to provide needed care

The Community Mental Health Association of Michigan (CMHA) is a network of 62 nonprofit community mental health (CMH) agencies delivering direct services across Michigan. Michigan’s CMHs serve more than 300,000 people annually — adults with serious mental illness, children with serious emotional disturbance, people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, and people with substance use disorder.

Michigan · 16d

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Michigan’s community mental health system: Overcoming stigma to provide needed care

Michigan · 16d

Michigan Advance

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Lawrence delivers campaign’s closing message as he preps for final election push

With one week left until Election Day, Democratic nominee William Lawrence gathered supporters outside of the building that previously held Rep. Tom Barrett’s (R-Charlotte) office as he announced his final push to reach voters within Michigan’s highly competitive 7th Congressional District. “This campaign has always been about people, whereas Tom Barrett’s term in office has […]

Michigan · 16d

The News Advocate

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Looking Back for Oct. 27: Over 300 attend MHS college night event

Manistee High School's 1986 college night event was deemed a success with representatives from 34 colleges and more than 300 parents and students in attendance.

Manistee County, MI · 16d

Bridge Michigan

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Panel: Michigan healthcare costs are rising, complicated, but still fixable

DETROIT — The reasons behind surging healthcare costs are complicated, but reining them is still possible. That was the message from four policy experts during a panel discussion last week at the inaugural Bridge Michigan Issues Summit, which also featured panel discussions on housing affordability, data centers and education. The four healthcare panelists discussed both the reasons for surging health costs and ways to untangle them.

Michigan · 16d

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Online tool helps Michigan Medicaid members navigate new work rules

An online tool is now available to help Michigan Medicaid members understand upcoming work requirements.

Michigan · 17d

The Financial Wire

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UnitedHealth is leaving 228 Medicare Advantage counties for 2027, CVS Health 186 and Humana 62, as members in those plans have until December 7 to pick new coverage

Three of the biggest Medicare Advantage insurers are pulling back from hundreds of counties for 2027. UnitedHealth is leaving 228 counties, CVS Health 186 and Humana 62, according to a KFF analysis of federal plan data. Members of affected plans have until December 7 to pick new coverage. UnitedHealth, CVS Health and Humana: the county... The post UnitedHealth is leaving 228 Medicare Advantage counties for 2027, CVS Health 186 and Humana 62, as members in those plans have until December 7 to pick new coverage appeared first on The Financial Wire .

Michigan · 18d