Michigan Senate Approves Autism Coverage Proposals
Michigan took a key step Tuesday toward joining a growing number of states requiring insurance coverage for autism treatments.
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Michigan took a key step Tuesday toward joining a growing number of states requiring insurance coverage for autism treatments.
Going to the doctor isn't always an affordable option -- but that's where an interfaith network of Metro Detroit medical professionals step in.
The Michigan Senate is poised to debate bills aimed at requiring insurance companies to cover some types of treatment for autism.
There's a statewide push to help those getting government healthcare to navigate the sometimes mind-boggling amount of red tape.
The Senate is debating Republican legislation aimed at taking a bite out of President Barack Obama's health care law.
President Barack Obama announced Friday that he's backing off of a requirement for church-affiliated employers to provide birth control coverage.
In what senior administration officials described as an "accommodation," President Obama announced the government will not force religiously-affiliated institutions to directly provide birth control coverage.
Nearly 50,000 state workers are getting refunds on the 3 percent they've been paying for a year toward retiree health care costs.
The latest event and meeting notices from Michigan's technology-focused companies and institutions
The latest staffing, leadership and boardroom news from Michigan's technology-focused companies, groups and institutions
The latest in event and meeting notices from Michigan's technology-focused companies and institutions
The man responsible for creating a new statewide health exchange required by federal law said Friday he's ready to go around the Legislature if Republicans won't allow him to start work on the project.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's efforts to begin setting up a statewide health exchange as required by the federal health care law are hitting a snag.
Gov. Rick Snyder has signed two bills that will affect some state workers' retiree health care benefits and reduce the future amount the state needs to fund by $5.6 billion.
Hospitals with high performance scores in patient care are more profitable, according to the 2011 Pulse Report from Press Ganey.
Ann Arbor's Altarum Institute finds moderate inflation in health care prices, just 2.1 percent in September. But total health spending, led by higher hospital spending, grew by 5.2 percent.
A watchdog group is blowing the whistle on a government agency, citing two cases in which maggots were discovered on nursing home patients and equipment.
You could call it the "graying" of Michigan. As WWJ's Rob Sanford reports, the average age of state residents is going up.
Former Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak had to endure death threats and screams of "baby killer!" for lending his crucial support to the federal health care law.
If you need to sign-up for Medicare Part D, you better get moving. Enrollment began early this year.
New research shows that workers who get health insurance from their companies will have to pick up more of the costs in 2012.
After three years of fundraising, and one year of operating a set-up/tear-down clinic at Ferndale's Kulick Community Center, the FernCare Free Clinic has officially moved into its permanent home.
Michigan lawmakers continue to vote on differing proposals to eliminate retiree health care coverage for future and some current members of the state Legislature.
The Engineering Society of Detroit and its Institute will unveil a plan on Tuesday, Oct. 18 that will lay out what the ESD is calling bold initiatives to transform Michigan's economy into a model for the entire nation, including a new initiative to eliminate waste in health care, and create an efficient delivery system for patients, doctors and providers.
