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… result is inequitable access to lifesaving drugs and treatments, the Goldwater report found. Lopez said the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare, bars Medicare from using QALY or similar metrics. (Medicare is the program that insures elderly Americans.) Some states have extended the prohibition … more

… no ambiguity about what state Sen. Gretchen Whitmer thought about another Democratic health care policy, which was signing the state up for the Obamacare Medicaid expansion. Whitmer joined all Senate Democrats (and eight Senate Republicans) in voting “yes” on the expansion, which made more people eligible … more

… unaffordable.” ACA, short for the Affordable Care Act, is the more formal name for Obamacare. Short-term health insurance plans typically cover fewer services but … expensive than a standard individual healthcare policies sold through the Obamacare exchanges. Unlike exchange-based policies, short-term policies are priced … more

Spurred by the Obamacare Medicaid expansion and increases in the state gas tax and vehicle registration tax, overall spending by Michigan’s state government increased by $7.8 billion under Gov. Rick Snyder’s eight-year tenure. The figure is based on spending supported by both state tax revenue and federal … more

… medical welfare has been largely driven by the Obamacare Medicaid expansion championed by Gov. Rick Snyder … might be called “traditional Medicaid” — the pre-Obamacare version — than in February 2009. That enrollment … more than 665,000 able-bodied adults in their Obamacare Medicaid expansion, despite promises that enrollment … more