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Hadden: End surprise medical billing to protect our working families
OPINION Chuck Hadden, guest writer Published 4:28 p.m. ET Nov. 20, 2019 | Updated 4:35 p.m. ET Nov. 20, 2019 Chuck Hadden (Photo: Courtesy photo) When Americans consider what makes a good job, naturally they think of take-home pay. But they also know that employers contribute much more in support of their employees, including health care benefits that ensure workers are healthy, happy, and productive on the job. Nearly half of all U.S. citizens are covered by their employers.
Opinion: USMCA will boost Michigan economy and jobs
Chuck Hadden Published 10:11 p.m. ET July 10, 2019 President Donald Trump, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, and Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto, left, participate in the USMCA signing ceremony, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP) For Michigan manufacturers, access to rules-based, tariff-free global trade is imperative to the economic prosperity and the livelihoods of more than 634,600 workers across the state.
Opinion: Lame duck opportunity to fix paid sick time
Rob Fowler, Charlie Owens, Chuck Hadden, and Rich Studley Published 9:59 p.m. ET Nov. 28, 2018 Sandy Robson, left, and Crystal Hall rally for legislation for paid sick leave on Monday, April 11, 2016, in Annapolis, Md., where the state’s legislative session is scheduled to end at midnight.(Photo: Brian Witte, AP) It only makes sense for Michigan employee benefit policies be left to the employer and employee to negotiate instead of being dictated by outside special interests.
Gov. Rick Snyder’s Marshall Plan will build talent pipeline
The manufacturing industry has a home — Michigan. Our state is a manufacturing job epicenter. We’ve created more than 185,200 manufacturing jobs since June 2009 and expect 109,000 more through 2024. But where our state falls short is in the number of Michiganders ready to fill these career openings, and the hundreds of thousands of other openings in industries like health care, information technology and computer science, and other professional trades careers.
Column: Manufacturing offers a future
Michigan is leading the nation in manufacturing job growth. Let me say that again, Michigan is leading the nation in manufacturing job growth, having created over 170,000 jobs since June of 2009. The high level of growth in manufacturing in Michigan has helped drive Michigan’s unemployment rate down to the national average and even below it. However, continued success breeds new challenges.
A $2B health care tax increase? Let’s find a better solution
Health care costs will rise for employers and individual purchasers if the Michigan Legislature passes a proposed $2 billion health care tax increase later this year. The Michigan House of Representatives voted in favor of an eight-year extension of the job-killing Health Insurance Claims Act tax in December, prolonging the life of the Michigan-only tax designed to help fund Michigan’s Medicaid program.
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