Category: Issues in Healthcare

MHA CEO Report ― Addressing Food and Housing Insecurity

Kennedy Walters June 5, 2025 No Comments

“It is our collective and individual responsibility to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live.” ― Dalai Lama I recently had the privilege of joining leaders...

WLUC TV6 Focuses on Shortage of Behavioral Health Beds

Kennedy Walters May 30, 2025 No Comments

WLUC TV6 in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula published a story May 29 on the shortage of inpatient psychiatric beds in Michigan, placing a heavy focus on the testimony the MHA delivered...

Mental Health Awareness Month Highlights Week of Media Coverage

Kennedy Walters May 23, 2025 No Comments

The MHA received news coverage during the week of May 19 highlighted by stories related to Mental Health Awareness Month and the need to expand state psychiatric bed capacity. Lauren...

Medicaid Cuts and Hospital Economic & Workforce Impact News Coverage

John Karasinski May 16, 2025 No Comments

The MHA received news coverage during the week of May 12 related to federal Medicaid funding cuts and the release of the hospital economic and workforce impact data. Crain’s Detroit...

Healthcare Makes $100+ Billion Impact to Michigan’s Economy

John Karasinski May 12, 2025 No Comments

Healthcare Remains the Largest Private-Sector Employer in Michigan & Demand for Healthcare Jobs Remains High The Michigan Health & Hospital Association published results from the 2025 Economic Impact of Healthcare...

Protect MI Care Coalition Partners Share Majority of Michiganders Oppose Medicaid Cuts

Kennedy Walters May 9, 2025 No Comments

The MHA joined other Protect MI Care Coalition partners in releasing public polling results that show 83% of Michiganders want to see Medicaid spending increased or kept the same as...

The Majority of Michiganders Oppose Medicaid Cuts, New Statewide Polling Shows

John Karasinski May 8, 2025 No Comments

New statewide polling shows 83% of Michiganders want to see Medicaid spending increased or kept about the same as Congress considers cutting hundreds of billions of dollars from the Medicaid...

MHA CEO Report — Highlighting Hospitals

John Karasinski May 5, 2025 No Comments

“Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you’re not really losing it. You’re just passing it on to someone else.” ― Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven This month’s...

Wellpath Supplemental Testimony Highlights Week of Advocacy Efforts

John Karasinski May 2, 2025 No Comments

The MHA provided testimony April 30 to the House Appropriations Committee about healthcare services provided to prisoners by Michigan hospitals that have not been reimbursed by Wellpath, a third-party private...

Medicaid Remains Focus of Healthcare News Coverage

John Karasinski May 1, 2025 No Comments

The MHA was successful in placing several news stories during the week of April 28 related to potential federal Medicaid funding cuts. The Lansing State Journal published an op-ed from...