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Slotkin, MSU Cancer Researcher Highlight Federal Funding Cuts in Couric Interview
MICHIGAN, JUL 17 – Michigan health agencies are cutting programs as Medicaid enrollment reaches 2.6 million residents following federal COVID-19 relief and Medicaid funding reductions.
- On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the 'big, beautiful bill', trimming Medicaid spending by $1 trillion, forcing Michigan’s 45 public health departments to axe or scale back programs.
- In March, President Donald Trump abruptly cut federal COVID-19 relief funding expected through June 2026, and the proposed FY 2026 federal budget could axe funding for emergency preparedness and preventative health care programs.
- According to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, more than 2.6 million Michigan residents were enrolled in Medicaid as of December 2024, Joe Calabrese said `I could end up in the hospital, dying without it.`
- Amid funding shortfalls, Central Michigan District Health Department health officer Steve Hall said cuts to its COVID-19 relief funding cost three temporary health resource advocates, and Peter Marinoff said tracking the impact of Medicaid cuts alongside health departments.
- A cloud of uncertainty hangs over Michigan’s local public health departments as they prepare their fiscal year 2026 budgets, Norm Hess said uncertainty looms over other programs and services statewide.
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Michigan AdvanceSlotkin, MSU cancer researcher highlight federal funding cuts in Couric interview
U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin and renowned Michigan State University cancer researcher Dr. Jamie Bernard said on Wednesday that cuts to federal National Institutes of Health grants will cause a crisis in cancer research and force Americans to be reliant on…
Michigan public health agencies axe programs amid federal cuts - BridgeDetroit
Public health agencies lost COVID-19 relief funds early and face cuts in the proposed federal budget Public health agencies also expect to lose money from Medicaid cuts in the ‘big, beautiful bill’ The cuts have already led to axed and scaled-back programs A cloud of uncertainty hangs over Michigan’s local public health departments as they prepare their fiscal year 2026 budgets. This story also appeared in Cadillac New…
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