A2: Health Care

A Wall Street Journal article looks at how Michigan’s imploding auto industry is affecting health care. The article quotes a couple of local sources – Marianne Udow-Phillips, director of the Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation, a joint venture of UM and Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Michigan; and Garry Faja, president and CEO for the St. Joseph Mercy Health System. Says Faja: ”Almost one in four (residents) are without adequate health coverage. That is unsustainable.” [Source]