Michigan
Health Policy rankings
| Health indicators | Rank |
| Population | 9,968,568 |
| Number of insurance mandates | 26 |
| Death rate per 100,000 | 812.6 |
| Percent of adults overweight or obese | 60.50% |
| Percent of adults who have visited a dentist in the last 12 months | 76.90% |
| Number of births (2004) | 129,776 |
| Ranking public policy | Rank |
| Overall health ownership rank | 7 |
| Government health care rank | 19 |
| Private health insurance rank | 13 |
| Medical tort rank | 1 |
| Provider burden of regulation rank | 49 |
Sources
*Policy ranks are from the U.S. Index of Health Ownership, published by the Pacific Research Institute.
*Health indicators are from State Health Facts, a service of the Kaiser Family Foundation.
*Number of insurance mandates comes from Health Insurance Mandates in the States 2007 (PDF), a publication of the Council for Affordable Health Insurance.
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Thursday, May 15, 2008HSAs for State EmployeesBy John LaPlanteCategories: HSAs, etc., MichiganThe Mackinac Center for Public Policy suggests a way to save taxpayer money, and advance a patient-centered approach to health care at the same time: shift state employees to high-deductible health insurance plans coupled with health savings accounts (HSAs.) The state would come out ahead even if it maxed out the annual contribution to the HSA each year and also paid all of the premium for the insurance policy. Michael D. LaFaive and James Porterfield estimate that the state could save $16.2 million in the first year alone.
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Thursday, May 8, 2008Health Vouchers for All?By John LaPlanteCategories: MichiganLast fall, Jack McHugh, a senior legislative analyst with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, gave the Michigan Health Insurance Advisory Council, a "whirlwind tour " of health care from a free-market perspective. My favorite part of his talk came when he called Medicaid an "attractive nuisance." Less attractive but intriguing is what he calls "a minority position" among free-market thinkers is a call for voucherizing current health care spending.
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