About

Our mission is to help everyone in Michigan get healthier from the inside out. This means everything from giving you resources to help you make better decisions about diet and exercise, as well as information on creating and sustaining nurturing communities and successful businesses — everything you need to help create a healthier Michigan.
We also want to help you make sense of health care reform and what it means for you and your family.

Why Michigan? Why Now?

Maple leaves in Coldwater, Michigan
Michigan is undergoing a period of reinvention where almost any type of future is possible. We want to help you make the most of opportunities here in Michigan by sharing the things you need to adopt a healthier lifestyle, support your local community and build strong businesses throughout the state.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan decided to sponsor A Healthier Michigan in accordance with its social mission as the only nonprofit health insurer in the state of Michigan. The company’s unique promise to the state of Michigan is fulfilled through several programs including those that combat childhood obesity and address health disparities in diverse communities, such as the risk of prostate cancer among African-American men.
BCBSM also partners with more than 40 free clinics to help the uninsured and engaging physicians in the nation’s largest Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) program — a program that provides technical and financial assistance to thousands of primary care physicians with support that benefits everyone in Michigan, not just Blues members.
Each year, BCBSM gives back approximately $600 million in the form of grants and programs that support quality care for everyone, keep the best doctors and nurses in the state of Michigan, and increase access to medical care for the uninsured.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is a nonprofit corporation and independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.
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A Healthier Michigan is sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, a nonprofit, independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.
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This Web site provides general educational information on health-related issues and provides access to health-related resources for the convenience of our users. This site and its health-related information and resources are not a substitute for professional medical advice or for the care that patients receive from their physicians or other health care providers.
This site and its health-related information resources are not meant to be the practice of medicine, the practice of nursing, or to carry out any professional health care advice or service in the state where you live. Nothing in this Web site is to be used for medical or nursing diagnosis or professional treatment.
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