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Michigan Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence (D-Southfield) announced on Thursday, that the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold hearings on the Flint water crisis.  The expected hearing date is February 3 and it’s anticipated that Governor Rick Snyder will be asked to provide testify.  Congresswoman Lawrence, who is a member of the committee, has […]

Representative Ed McBroom (R-Vulcan), chairman of the House Oversight and Ethics Committee, announced his intention to hold hearings on the Flint Water Crisis.  The chairman is waiting for the audit of the Department of Environmental Quality and the Flint Water Task Force’s final report before starting the hearings.  Hearings could begin as early as March. […]

On Thursday, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) issued a “2015 Legionnaires Disease Report for Genesee County.”  The report found that it can neither conclude if the increase of reported cases of legionnaires disease (LD) is related to the Flint water switch.  However, it can’t rule out the possibility that the two […]

On Thursday morning it was announced that the Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved the state’s waiver to the Healthy Michigan Program.  Under the program, the eligibility to receive Medicaid was expanded to include those with an income between 100%-133% of the poverty level, something allowed under the Federal Affordable Care Act.  However, […]

On Tuesday, the House passed an extension to the sunset on the Health Insurance Claims Assessment (HICA), a tax levied on health and medical services claims paid by health insurers, health maintenance organizations, other categories of insurance carriers, and third party administrators.