Mark Hornbeck

LANSING, Mich. — The following statement (in italics) is from Roger Martin, spokesperson for the Expand Medicaid coalition, commenting on today’s passage of the Michigan Department of Community Health (DCH)’s 2014-15 budget by the state House Community Health Appropriations Subcommittee without including Medicaid expansion. AARP is a member of the coalition.

They came for sandwiches, iced tea and conversation and hopefully they left with a better understanding of AARP.

AARP Michigan is urging the 24 State Senators who voted in favor of setting up a state health insurance exchange last year to vote "yes" in the coming weeks to spend $31 million in federal funding to develop a state-federal exchange.

LANSING - AARP Michigan concurs with Attorney General Bill Schuette in his oppostion to legislation restructuring Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.

ANN ARBOR, MI – Michigan’s rapidly aging population demands that state and local governments adapt to enable communities to thrive in the decades ahead, 200 city planners, policy makers, public health officials and service providers learned at the AARP Michigan Age-Friendly Communities Conference on Feb. 28.

Research shows one in four Americans between the ages of 44 and 70 are interested in launching their own business or nonprofit venture in the next five to 10 years.

House Republicans were nearly evenly divided on Thursday over legislation allocating federal funding for a federal-state partnership on the federally mandated health insurance exchange under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but the legislation still passed by a comfortable margin.

For those who may need clarity on AARP Michigan's position on the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan conversion bills, we have been and continue to be opposed to the legislation.

LANSING, MI – AARP Michigan State Director Jacqueline Morrison issued the following statement on Gov. Rick Snyder’s budget message:

A Michigan tax credit that helps low-income customers with their winter home heating bills is now being processed by the state.