DIFS SAYS $19.5M RETURNED TO CONSUMERS IN 2023: The Department of Insurance and Financial Services announced Monday that it helped recover more than $19.5 million from a record number of consumer phone calls in 2023.
Record numbers of young Michiganders are enrolling in health care through the Affordable Care Act marketplace, according to statistics presented by the Department of Insurance and Financial Services during a Monday press conference.
More than 418,000 residents purchased health insurance through the federal marketplace, the most ever and a 30 percent increase from 2023, Governor Gretchen Whitmer said Tuesday.
Michigan has had the largest decrease in the number of uninsured drivers since 2020, a study from the Insurance Research Council shows, but those who are critical of the 2019 auto no-fault changes say that the Department of Insurance and Financial Services fails to acknowledge what worked and the loopholes in the law.
The first Democratic Party trifecta state government in 40 years , the tensions that arose as the ideological winds shifted and a landmark decision from the federal courts to throw out the adopted redistricting maps for the House and Senate all punctuated the year's top stories in Michigan politics.
The specifics of legislation to restore reimbursements to health care providers for care provided to survivors of catastrophic traffic crashes remains the subject of fierce debate.
Licensing requirements for pharmacy benefit managers set to take effect next year were announced Thursday by Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Department of Insurance and Financial Services Director Anita Fox, which will include a $5,000 application fee and outside certification.
Proposed auto no-fault law changes could face a tough fate if sent to the governor's desk in its current form with the Executive Office citing the Department of Insurance and Financial Services' letter of opposition when asked Friday about Governor Gretchen Whitmer's stance on the proposed legislation.
A split Michigan Supreme Court on Monday struck down the retroactive component to the 2019 no-fault auto insurance medical fee schedule that set limits on reimbursements in the system, with a 5-2 majority ruling it does not apply to those injured before its passage.
By the end of September, the turnover of Governor Gretchen Whitmer's departmental leadership will nearly be complete.