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Big bucks or just a bandage?

An entrance to Munson Medical Center in Traverse City.  (Photo: Ellie Katz/IPR News)
An entrance to Munson Medical Center in Traverse City. (Photo: Ellie Katz/IPR News)

Federal cutbacks mean fewer people will be on Medicaid, and that will impact a lot of people and healthcare organizations in northern Michigan. Millions of dollars from Washington are meant to help. Can it?

IPR's Astrid Code walks us through the ins and outs of the Rural Health Transformation Program.

And we get an updates on two stories. One is about efforts to consolidate homelessness services in Garfield Township. The other is about how Benzie County will fund its government in the absence of millage money.

Reporting for this episode by Astrid Code, Maxwell Howard and Vivian La.


Producer: Austin Rowlader
Editor: Steve Junker
Host: Ed Ronco
Music: Blue Dot Sessions