WTG, Jennifer. Common sense solutions that actually help people live better lives and saves us money at the same time. That's leadership.
DETROIT (AP) — A new state program, which will kick off this weekend, is geared toward providing health care to about 200,000 low-income women throughout the state.
The program, called "Plan First," is under the Michigan Department of Community Health and will provide coverage to women ages 19 to 44 who otherwise would not have medical coverage for these services.
"Investing in more preventive health care for women will help reduce health care costs," said Gov. Jennifer Granholm in a statement, the Detroit Free Press reported.
Enrollment in the plan begins Saturday for all Michigan women living at or below 185 percent of the federal poverty level who meet Medicaid eligibility.
Granholm also said if the state can reduce the number of unintended pregnancies by only 10 percent, it would save the state more than $27 million in Medicare expenditures annually.
And a healthy society is a productive society, something that the money-grubbing Republicans don't seem to understand. Why they don't see that is beyond me.