Healthcare

The Digital Equity Act is part of the sweeping 2021 infrastructure law, which included $65 billion to build high-speed internet infrastructure and connect millions without access to the internet.

A state law passed last year allowed the vote by classifying home caregivers — often paid through state programs — as public employees for bargaining purposes.

Health care subsidies are one of the primary disputes at the center of the federal government shutdown now stretching into its 8th day.

“The Reconciliation Act, which you know as the One Big Beautiful Bill, is not beautiful for us,” said Laura Appel, the executive vice president of government relations and public policy at the Michigan Health & Hospital Association.

According to the Commonwealth Fund's 2025 state healthcare scorecard, Michigan ranked first for healthcare in the Great Lakes states, and 23rd nationally.

The 47-year-old Democrat says surgery in Ann Arbor went well, and that her prognosis is positive.

Health care leaders worry rural hospitals could be hit hard by Medicaid spending reductions in the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act." In the Midwest and Great Plains, Oklahoma and Kansas could face the highest risk of hospital closures and service reductions.

Munson Medical Center in Traverse City recently saw the largest number of patients in the hospital's history.

More mosquito samples around the state are turning up positive for viruses like West Nile and Jamestown Canyon. This is the time of year when experts predict more infections.

Munson Healthcare and Traverse Connect are set to begin phase two of a multi-phase drone delivery testing program.