Advocacy Resources
Defending Medicaid
- PMC statement on House passage of Medicaid cuts this morning: Congress Just Voted to Rip Health Care from More Than 500,000 Michiganders
- Lansing State Journal: Viewpoint: Michigan schools get $160M in federal Medicaid funds. Cuts would harm students
- Statement from Protect MI Care Coalition regarding recent announcement of US House budget bill
- Social Media Toolkit: Use the social media toolkit to help raise awareness and amplify the coalition’s message online.
- Editorial from Protect MI Care Coalition chair: Monique Stanton, President and CEO of the Michigan League for Public Policy, penned a powerful column in The Detroit News on the importance of defending Medicaid from federal cuts. Read here.
- Visit ProtectMICare.org to explore advocacy tools, news updates, and social media links.
- EPIC-MRA’s Bernie Porn discusses poll for Protect MI Care showing 83% of Michiganders don’t want cuts to Medicaid
- The Majority of Michiganders Oppose Medicaid Cuts, New Statewide Polling Shows
- Medicaid’s importance highlighted in new Michigan poll
- KFF shared a new interactive map detailing how many seniors, children, or people with disabilities get their coverage through Medicaid in a particular state or Congressional district.
- Georgetown Center for Children and Families released new state-by-state snapshots of Medicaid coverage for kids.
- Public Policy Committee Read Ahead Information 02/21/2025
- Block Grants and Per Capita – Medicaid Fact Sheet 01/2025
- FMAP and Provider Taxes Medicaid Fact Sheet 01/2025
- Medicaid Work Requirements Fact Sheet 01/2025
Impact of Medicaid Policy Changes: Who Stands to Lose and Why It Matters
- How Potential Federal Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP Could Trigger the Loss of a Million-plus Jobs, Reduced Economic Activity and Less State Revenue
- Medicaid’s Role in Small Towns and Rural Areas
- 5 Key Facts About Medicaid Program Integrity: Fraud, Waste, Abuse and Improper Payments
- Understanding the Intersection of Medicaid and Work: An Update
- Medicaid Stories Library
- KFF Health Tracking Poll February 2025: The Public’s Views on Potential Changes to Medicaid
- 10 States Where Hospitals Will Struggle Most if Medicaid is Cut
- State Economic and Ripple Effect Impacts
- Federal Reforms to Medicaid Financing: What Counties Should Know
- State by state estimates of cost shifts over 10 years
- Medicaid Work Requirement Would Mean Lost Coverage for Millions
- New Provider Taxes One pager
MDHHS Medicaid Presentation Materials
Resources – Opposition to Privatization
- Impact of the Movement to Private Managed Care System for Publicly Sponsored Mental Health Care: Perspectives from Other States (2022)
- Medicaid funding consolidation: Key themes identified in an examination of the experience of other states (2016)
- Beyond Appearances: Behavioral Health Financing Models and the Point of Care (2016)
- CMHA – 2022 EPIC MRA POLL RESULTS – Poll on public-led Mental Health System
- Community Partners Opposition Letter
- 2021 NCQA Report Card
- New Dartmouth Study Shows That Greater Financial Integration Generally not Associated with Better Healthcare Quality
- Milliman Study, Michigan Medicaid Health Plans have the 2nd WORST Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) in the country
- Michigan Medicaid Health Plans show record profits in 2020
- Iowa Medicaid cost increases nearly triple under managed care (desmoinesregister.com)