INTERVIEW: Rep. Matt Longjohn, MD, MPH on Public Health & a Reason to be Optimistic in MI
State Rep. Matt Longjohn, MD, MPH joins Miles for a candid briefing on Michigan’s budget chaos and the national public-health fallout from D.C. Rep. Longjohn explains how a last-minute deal is averting a state shutdown and how Democrats preserved the funding needed to keep hundreds of thousands of Michiganders on Medicaid covered despite cuts in Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.” They dig into the crisis at the CDC, why states are building regional public-health alliances, and what it takes to safely “de-politicize” guidance at the state level so insurers still follow it.
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