The following statement can be attributed to Brian Peters, CEO of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association. 

The passage of Michigan’s state budget highlights the healthcare champions in our state who protected important healthcare funding that maintains access to care for Michiganders and supports our healthcare workers, including our local nurses, doctors, support techs and service workers. Champions like Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks, Senate Appropriations Chair Sarah Anthony and House Minority Leader Ranjeev Puri are why Michigan hospitals can always care for their communities and advance our state forward. 

We thank those state lawmakers who recognized the need to support the Healthy Michigan Plan and Michigan’s Medicaid health plans, obstetrical services, care at rural and critical access hospitals and more in this year’s budget. 

Michiganders count on our hospitals to be there during our time of need, whether that be in the middle of the night or on a holiday, and on our state lawmakers to maintain access to healthcare. This state budget allows hospitals to continue to care for everyone who walks through their doors, at all hours of the day, every day of the year.