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ADMINISTRATION
Impact of Michigan’s Medicare Expansion
University receives low grade in SES diversity
on the Economic Industry
2.3 BILLION
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in economic activity
30,000 jobs created annually
600,000
low-income adults enrolled
net impact on state budget
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+ 413 2017 $162 + million in $
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cost of michigans medicaid set to increase
New York Times Upshot rates ‘U’ among worst nationwide for low income families
2016-17: $152
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JENNIFER MEER Daily Staff Reporter
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Through the University of Michigan is currently embarking upon a series of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion initiatives, the University still ranks low nationally in socioeconomic diversity among students. According to a recent report from The Upshot in the New York Times, the median family income of a student is $154,000 — the highest of 27 public colleges classified as “highly selective.” The Upshot also reported that 66 percent of students come from the top 20 percent of the income distribution, and 9.3 percent of students come from the top 1 percent of the income distribution — also the highest of the 27 institutions. Additionally, the University ranked last out of 25 highly selective public colleges in terms of economic social mobility. The report states that
GOP intent to repeal ACA poses questions for Michigan Medicaid The state’s unique health care plan relies on funding from the national program CALEB CHADWELL Daily Staff Reporter
With both the United States’ House of Representatives and Senate voting to approve budget resolutions last week in the first step toward repealing President Barack Obama’s health care law, the future of health care — particularly Michigan’s unique Healthy Michigan Medicaid Plan — is uncertain. The Healthy Michigan Plan made available in 2014 uses
funding through the health care law or “Obamacare,” as it is commonly referred to, to expand Medicaid coverage to adults with incomes at 133 percent of the federal poverty level, or about $16,000 per year. A recent study conducted by University of Michigan lead researchers John Ayanian and health economist Helen Levy concluded Michigan’s Medicaid expansion will leave the state with more money than it actually spends on the program until 2021. Ayanian, director of the UM
CAMPUS LIFE
SAPAC director to leave ‘U’ on Feb. 5 Director to pursue role at EverFi, aims to develop campus health initiative KAELA THEUT
Daily Staff Reporter
After serving the University of Michigan for seven years, Holly Rider-Milkovich, the director of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center, announced on Jan. 13 she is stepping down from her position. SAPAC, a University entity, trains students to act as a peer network for survivors of sexual assault on campus and further aims to advocate for social change by offering professional services, such as counseling and crisis hotlines, for the campus community. During her tenure as director, the University was placed under Title IX investigation, and the sexual assault policy was updated. In an email interview with the Daily, University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald wrote RiderMilkovich contributed greatly in bringing sexual misconduct to the forefront of University discussion. “Holly Rider-Milkovich has been director of the U-M Sexual Assault Prevention and See SAPAC, Page 3
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Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, said the goal of the study was to evaluate the broader economic effect of the Healthy Michigan Plan, such as additional employment and economic activity. “As of January 2017, the state is responsible for covering five percent of the health care costs, and that will go up to 10 percent in 2020,” Ayanian said. “For 2017, Michigan is getting about $3.4 billion in federal funding for the Healthy Michigan Plan, so we wanted to estimate what effect
that has on employment, personal income and state tax revenues as those dollars come in.” The study concluded that in addition to over 600,000 lowincome adult enrollees, 30,000 new jobs and an additional $2.3 billion of economic activity will be generated in Michigan as a result of the plan. “We found that from 2015 through 2021 we estimate this funding is adding over 30,000 jobs to the state economy each year — about a third of them are in See GOP, Page 3
Social Impact Challenge to move in light of partnership with UM-Flint The competition will relocate from Detroit where it was housed for five years KAELA THEUT
Daily Staff Reporter
As a result of a new partnership between the Ross School of Business’s Center for Social Impact in Ann Arbor and the University of MichiganFlint’s Office of University Outreach, the sixth annual Social Impact Challenge will take place in Flint this semester instead of Detroit. In previous years, the Center for Social Impact has held its Social Impact Challenges in Detroit, where teams partnered with different community and nonprofit organizations to develop solutions to problems in the city. Last year, students aided in the launch of Detroit Police Athletic League’s Kids at the Corner Campaign in partnership with the old Tiger Stadium Conservancy. However, after the Flint Water Crisis left community members feeling devastated, student participants of the Challenge shifted the program’s focus to bring economic development to Flint neighborhoods, as well as the city center, through their collaboration, innovation and entrepreneurship. Glenn Bugala, marketing manager for the Center for Social Impact, said the Center is not only working with UM-Flint for the Challenge but also the city of Flint itself
in an effort to join the two communities together. “In addition to working with UM-Flint Office of University Outreach, we will be working on the case with community partners, the city of Flint and Skypoint Ventures — a venture capital and real estate company with strong social impact ties,” Bugala said. “Furthermore, our finals will be presented March 15 at the Flint Institute of Arts as part of the Arts
and Social Entrepreneurship Symposium, at which School of Music, Theatre & Dance Dean Aaron Dworkin will be a keynote speaker.” Bugala noted the connection between the Center for Social Impact and UM Flint is special because, for the first time, students can form teams consisting of participants from more than one campus, bringing diversity of thought to
the program. “Being in Flint puts us on the front line of a city that has captured the attention of the country,” Bugala said. “For the first time, we will be partnering with another University of Michigan campus to offer this opportunity. UM-Flint’s Outreach Office is uniquely poised to provide background, contacts and insights for future See SOCIAL IMPACT, Page 3
FLAPPERS & MAPPERS
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Special Collections Library Curator Dr. Pablo Alvarez and Librarian Mara Blake view the newly opened “The Student Experience: Flappers, Mappers, & The Fight For Equality” exhibit at Hatcher Library on Thursday.
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only 10 percent of University alumni moved up two or more income quintiles. Stony Brook University in New York came in first with 34 percent and University of California-Irvine came in second with 27 percent. University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said it will take time for the DEI initiatives to make significant gains, but there are many promising programs in the works, and the University has already begun to see progress. Regarding the University’s 2016 enrollment, Fitzgerald noted first generation students made up 14 percent of the freshman class, up from 8.5 percent in 2015. The percent of Pell Grant-eligible students was 17 percent in 2016, up from 15 percent, and it has been on the rise in recent years. He added that the transfer student enrollees — a group which, he said, consists of relatively more first generation students, lower income students and students of underrepresented minorities — See INCOME, Page 3
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
CSG aims to highlight students in 200 for 200 Facebook posts to feature influential students through bicentennial year RACHEL COHEN Daily Staff Reporter
The University of Michigan Central Student Government featured on their Facebook page the first five students who were selected to be a part of its new initiative, “200 for 200,” Wednesday morning. The “200 for 200” initiative, launched last semester, will feature 200 of the University’s most accomplished students in a year-long Facebook photo series in honor of the University’s bicentennial. LSA junior Aaron Cahen, chair of CSG’s Bicentennial Planning Commission, said the initiative was created by the Bicentennial Planning Commission to recognize heavily involved students currently enrolled at the University. “There would be no University to celebrate the past 200 years without the student body, so we wanted to take this opportunity to honor them,” Cahen said. Students can be nominated through a survey, which was created for CSG to receive a diverse array of nominees who are involved in many different parts of campus, Joe Shea, Public Policy See CSG, Page 3
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