Our state's Medicaid expansion, known as the Healthy Michigan Plan, has substantially improved access to primary care and preventive services for enrollees according to two recent studies of the plan by the University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation.

On January 1, new Medicaid work requirements kicked in for most able-bodied adults receiving healthcare benefits through Healthy Michigan. Beneficiaries ages 19-62 are required to complete and report 80 hours per month of work or activities unless they are exempt.

In November, a lawsuit challenging the work