Without Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) giving him days off for pre-operation appointments, Sen. Joseph Bellino Jr. (R-Monroe) said he could never have been an organ donor to his brother-in-law, to whom he gave a kidney in summer 2024.

Facing a $1.8 billion budget hole going into Fiscal Year (FY) 2027, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proposed on Wednesday an $88.1 billion spending plan based on roughly $800 million in tax increases, $630 million in cuts and $400 million from the rainy day fund.

Frustrations over how the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) classifies “rural” dominated Tuesday's House Appropriations hearing, as Rep. Phil Green (R-Millington) and Rep. Cam Cavitt (R-Cheboygan) challenged the department on the criteria used to determine whether Michigan counties for sweeping new federal Rural Health Transformation dollars.

The Michigan Democratic Party (MDP) blasted Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Mike Rogers for his perceived position on healthcare Tuesday, framing it as supportive of the insurance premium hikes that thousands of Americans are encountering early this year.

The House Health Policy Committee on Wednesday advanced a hospital price transparency bill and several health measures before turning to testimony on a mental health code rewrite designed to respond to individuals before “tragedy strikes.”