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Crain’s Grand Rapids Business staff writer Mark Sanchez talks about Blue Cross dropping coverage for an expensive specialty drug. University of Michigan economists predict tariff impacts on the state’s economy. And a professional soccer team will call Grand Rapids home, but from which league?

Bills heard in a Michigan Senate committee Thursday aim to expand access to birth control and contraceptives.

Crain’s Grand Rapids Business senior writer Mark Sanchez talks about a ‘game-changing’ energy storage company, health insurers proposing increases for the coming year, and opposition to Kent County’s hotel/motel tax increase.

Crain’s Grand Rapids Business senior writer Mark Sanchez talks about an updated economic forecast for the second half of 2024, and an advocacy group ranks Michigan’s hospital pricing. But first, the latest on small business 2025 health insurance rates.

WGVU’s Patrick Center talks with Crain’s senior writer Mark Sanchez about who pays for new high-cost gene and cell therapies. Also, Housing Next study identifies more than a dozen area corridors for potential housing development.

Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement, it won’t disqualify residents who fail to get their paperwork in, until the end of July. This decision comes from new guidance from the Federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

A bill introduced in the Michigan House would require copay assistance to count toward a patient’s deductible and out of pocket maximum

* End of Public Health Emergency & health benefits* Legislation drafted impacting nurse practitioners* GR top market for millennials purchasing homes

Data compiled from Grand Valley State University's annual Health Check Report

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