Why does Michigan benefit so much from health care reform?”
With Congress home for the Thanksgiving holiday, the Obama administration provided members of the House and the Senate a little something today it hopes will make health care reform more palatable for their constituencies: new estimates on how many millions of people it says will be helped. In Michigan, that translates to 1.3 million people the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says are without insurance and 459,000 state residents with individual policies now who stand to get guaranteed coverage for less on a national insurance exchange. The agency released state-by-state estimates based on data provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute. Said HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, “The reports give us a clearer picture of the kind of change health reform will bring.” The administration push comes at a critical moment: When senators return from Thanksgiving break next week, they will begin debate on the mammoth legislation with an eye toward passing it
WASHINGTON – With Congress home for the Thanksgiving holiday, the Obama administration provided members of the House and the Senate a little something today it hopes will make health care reform more palatable for their constituencies: new estimates on how many millions of people it says will be helped. In Michigan, that translates to 1.3 million people the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says are without insurance and 459,000 state residents with individual policies now who stand to get guaranteed coverage for less on a national insurance exchange. The agency released state-by-state estimates based on data provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute. Said HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, “The reports give us a clearer picture of the kind of change health reform will bring.” The administration push comes at a critical moment: When senators return from Thanksgiving break next week, they will begin debate on the mammoth legislation with an eye towa
