Anyone Can Be an Advocate
Advocacy empowers people to have their voices heard, protect their rights, and ensure their needs are considered in decisions that affect their lives.
Michigan Primary Care Association (MPCA)
Recent changes to the Medicaid program risk ending coverage for many health center patients and reducing access to affordable, high-quality primary care in the communities that rely on these services most.
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Email Template
USAging
House committees advanced major proposed cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The House Committee on Energy and Commerce advanced hundreds of billions of dollars in proposed Medicaid cuts in a 26-hour markup of their piece of the massive Republican reconciliation bill.
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Caring Across Generations Article
Justice in Aging Article
KFF Article
The Senior Alliance
Below is a list of current policy issues The Senior Alliance supports.
– Federal Aging Services FY 2026 Budget
– Older Americans Act Programs
– Food Assistance & SNAP
– Medicaid Home and Community-Based Programs
– Social Security
– Medicare
– Meals On Wheels
Community Mental Health Association of Michigan (CMHA)
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced that they do in fact, plan to move forward with a competitive procurement process for the state’s Pre-Paid Inpatient Health Plan (PIHP) contracts. MDHHS plans to issue a request for proposals (RFP) for Pre-Paid Inpatient Health Plans (PIHPs) the summer of 2025 with the goal of a service start date Oct. 1, 2026.