Healthy Michigan Waiver Submitted to Feds

LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The state Department of Health and Human Services submitted another Healthy Michigan Plan waiver to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, looking to maintain health care coverage for nearly 600 thousand previously uninsured residents. The request pertains to coverage options and requirements for those whose earn between 100 and 133 percent of the federal poverty level and have had Healthy Michigan coverage for two straight years. A CMS decision is expected by year’s end. More information about the waiver and Healthy Michigan is available through this link.