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Sector Reports
1997
Michigan Roundup
| Michigan PeriSCope | Health
Policy Bulletin |
Michigan Economic Bulletin
Public Policy Advisor
A periodic series that examines
such subjects as fiscal and tax policy, health and environmental
issues, and education policy and offers commentary on current
or emerging political, social, and policy issues.
Written by various staff members.
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A
Cautious Approach to Social Security Reform
by Robert J. Kleine, Vice President and Senior Economist
Discusses the implications
of various proposals allowing Social Security Trust Fund
monies to be invested in the stock market.
January 17
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Special
Education: An Interview with Dr. Robert Docking
by Laurie A .Cummings Senior Consultant for Economic and
Education Policy
Discusses the results of
mainstreaming special-education students into regular
classrooms.
February 7
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Shaping
the Market: Health Policy in Michigan
by Peter Pratt, Ph.D., Vice President and Senior Consultant
for Health Policy
Discusses policymakers’
wish to shape the Michigan health care market and the
unusual bipartisanship involved.
February 14
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The
Governor’s Budget, FY 1997–98
by Robert J. Kleine and Laurie A. Cummings
Summaries the highlights
of Governor Engler’s recommend state budget for the next
fiscal year and comments on the budget’s economic assumptions
as well as its controversial aspects.
March 7
- Public
Attitudes About Schools
by Kara Douma, M.P.A., Senior Consultant for Survey Research
Discusses what’s right
and wrong with our schools, based on data from the 1996
Michigan Education Poll, conducted by PSC, and a 1997
Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
April 4
- Michigan
Braces for Term Limits
by Craig Ruff, President
Reviews the context of
the voters’ approval of term limits, describes changes
already underway, and examines future consequences of
this once-in-a-lifetime shakeup of Michigan politics.
June 6
- The
Gaming Boom in Michigan
by Laurie A. Cummings and Robert Kleine.
Discusses the various
types of gaming and the potential economic and social
effects of expanding this activity in Michigan.
July 3
- Michigan’s
School Bond Loan Fund: A Program in Need of Repair
by Nick Khouri, Vice President.
Explains the loan fund,
describes its current problems, and offers a partial list
of solutions.
July 11
- Proposal
A: An Early Evaluation
by Robert J. Kleine
Reviews the history of
Michigan’s attempts to change the way in which public
K–12 education is financed and presents an early appraisal
of the sweeping reforms wrought by the passage in 1994
of Proposal A.
September 5
- Overview
and Analysis of the Michigan Budget, Fiscal Year 1997–98
by Robert J. Kleine and Laurie A. Cummings
Describes the FY 1997–98
state budget; includes changes from FY 1996–97 appropriations
and from the governor’s recommendations as well as discussion
of the few measures about which there was particular controversy.
September 12
- What’s
Wrong with the Single Business Tax?
by Nick Khouri, Vice President
Examines changes in the
state’s single business tax that took effect this year,
points out that the levy’s revenue—which was expected
to increase slightly—appears actually to be decreasing
and speculates as to why.
October 3
- New
Ways to Govern Local Schools
by Craig Ruff
Proposes that school
boards could be changed in a number of ways, most notably
to comprise not just elected members but also some appointed
trustee members; such trustees could be selected to provide
geographic, ethnic, or other balance when it is missing
on the board and fill gaps in expertise.
October 10
- Tax-Free
Renaissance Zones: A Preview of the Results
by Laurie A. Cummings
Reviews some of the initial
evidence on economic development in Michigan’s tax-free
renaissance zones.
December 12
Michigan Roundup (top)
A one-page summary of Michigan
legislative activity and political news of significance to
government operations, public policy, and voter attitudes.
Published weekly during legislative sessions and intermittently
during legislative recesses.
Written by David Kimball and Jonathan Hansen, Affiliated Consultants.
Michigan
PeriSCope (top)
Brief commentaries and opinion
pieces on issues of the day. Published periodically, sometimes
in conjunction with Michigan Roundup.
Written by various staff members.
Health Policy
Bulletin (top)
A monthly publication that provides
analysis of important health care issues under consideration
by the legislature, executive branch, and professional associations.
Written by Peter Pratt, Ph.D., Vice President and Senior
Consultant for Health Care Policy, Jeff Williams, Senior Consultant,
and Lisa D. Baragar, Consultant for Health Policy.
- An
Interview with Sen. Dale Shugars about Health Policy
Reports the chair of
the Michigan Senate’s Committee on Health Policy and Senior
Citizen’s observations about the last legislative session’s
work and his priorities for the 1997–98 session.
January
- An
Interview with Rep. Joseph Palamara
Reports the chair of
the Michigan House’s Committee on Health Policy’s views
on the health issues before the legislature in this session,
his commitment to bipartisanship, and his expectations
for his committee.
February
- Hospital
Conversions: Nonprofit to For-Profit
Summarizes provisions
of and views about various pieces of legislation proposing
to regulate hospital acquisitions and mergers.
March
- Community
Benefits of Michigan Hospitals
Discusses the community-benefits
requirement in pending state legislation to regulate conversion
of not-for-profit hospitals to for-profit status.
April
- SE
Michigan Medicaid Managed-Care Plans Announced
Lists the 13 plans that
have qualified to deliver comprehensive health services
under capitated, managed-care arrangements to Medicaid
populations in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Genesee, and Washtenaw
counties.
May
- Health
Professionals, Department Review Disciplinary Process
Reviews the major health-professional
disciplinary reforms adopted in 1993 and examines the
Michigan Department of Consumer and Industry Services’s
recent report to the legislature concerning the success
and failure of the reforms.
June
- Reflections
on the FY 1997–98 Community Health Budget
Summarizes the coming
fiscal year’s budget, presents the observations of some
interested parties, and describes some of the matters
of contention in getting the budget passed.
July
- Federal
Children’s Health Care Initiative
Describes the new federal
program and the state’s alternatives for participating
in this initiative to expand health care benefits for
uninsured and low-income children.
August
- Maximus:
Michigan’s Medicaid Enrollment Broker
Describes the enrollment
broker’s role in the state’s Medicaid managed-care program
and presents information about the company that has the
contract and how its performance will be evaluated.
September
- Policymakers,
Others Examine MDCH’S MIChild Program
Reports MIChild, the
plan for using Michigan’s share—$91.6 million—of the federal
money appropriated for the children’s health initiative.
October
- Dr.
Gilbert Omenn: New Man at U. of M.
Profiles the University
of Michigan’s first executive vice president of medical
affairs and reports on his plans for the university’s
extensive health system.
November
- The
Year in Review: Health Policy
Reviews health policy
legislation passed in 1997 and the agenda for 1998.
December
Michigan Economic
Bulletin (top)
A monthly review of economic
indicators, state revenue receipts, and appropriations and
tax developments. Each issue contains current good and bad
economic news, an article of special focus, a list of publications
of interest, and economic news from the state capitol; in
alternating quarters, a special insert presents a general
economic forecast or an analysis of economic data for each
of the seven Michigan regions.
Written by Robert J. Kleine, M.B.A., Vice President and
Senior Economist and Laurie A. Cummings, M.S., Senior Consultant
for Economic and Education Policy. (available in Acrobat®
format)
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