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Dear Friend,

I am committed to building a Michigan where everyone can live a safe, healthy life.  

That’s why earlier this week I signed a historic bipartisan budget [ [link removed] ] that makes key investments to strengthen health care access, close equity gaps, and make Michigan the best place to raise a family. 

Let’s talk about how the 2024 budget makes meaningful investments in health care to support families, expand access, and improve outcomes.  

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Supporting Families 

* $56.4 million to fund Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies [ [link removed] ], a bipartisan initiative that supports pregnant women, new mothers, and infants to help make Michigan a state where you can decide when to start a family and have the support you need to have a safe pregnancy, delivery, and infancy.  

* $10 million to create a new foster care respite care program to provide temporary, occasional relief to foster parents.   

* $6.2 million to fund the Medicaid Plan First! [ [link removed] ] program, expanding access to family planning services and cancer screening and saving 25,000 Michiganders an average of $2,000. 

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Expanding Access

* $279.7 million to expand Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics which serve anyone who requests care for mental health or substance use, regardless of their ability to pay.   

* $150.6 million to increase reimbursement rates for Medicaid services to improve enrollee access to necessary health care. 

* $4.9 million over 2 years for Double-Up Food Bucks, boosting access to fresh fruits and vegetables for Michiganders on food assistance. 

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Improving Outcomes

* $49.5 million to implement recommendations from the Racial Disparities Task Force, including neighborhood health grants, mobile health units, sickle cell support and more. 

* $140.1 million to increase wages for direct care workers and other staff assisting those with disabilities and seniors who require home-based and nursing home services and support. 

* $25 million increase in support to local health departments to provide essential services. 

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Every Michigander deserves access to high quality, affordable health care, and we will continue to do everything in our power to make that goal a reality.  

We are on the way to a healthier and stronger Michigan and together, we will help anyone ‘Make it in Michigan’. 

Sincerely, 

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Gretchen Whitmer 

Governor 








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