Over the past year and a half, bad policies out of Washington have caused costs to skyrocket on everything from housing and child care to groceries and gasoline. While Republicans and wealthy corporations line their pockets, Michiganders are the ones paying the price. Michiganders deserve real, immediate relief and a government that has their back — not big businesses and corporate special interests.
You work hard, and you deserve to keep more of what you earn. So we’re doing everything we can to help make life more affordable. From cutting costs and helping families put food on the table to cracking down on scams and protecting the services you need, Michigan Senate Democrats are working around the clock to deliver a Michigan you can actually afford.
Household Needs
You Can Afford
Raising a family has gotten too damn expensive. Here’s our plan to lower household costs.
Household Needs
You Can Afford
Raising a family has gotten too damn expensive. Here’s our plan to lower household costs.
1. Make free breakfast and lunch permanent for every school kid.
2. Stop the skyrocketing cost of child care by tackling the crisis head-on, making it cheaper for parents and cutting red tape for daycares.
3. Ban private equity firms from buying up housing, ensuring Michigan homes go to Michigan families.
4. Give families a tax break on back-to-school supplies.
5. Create state-run retirement accounts for Michiganders whose employers don’t provide long-term savings options.
6. Ban the use of AI surveillance pricing to jack up the costs of groceries and other essentials.
1.
Make free breakfast and lunch permanent for every school kid.
2.
Stop the skyrocketing cost of child care by tackling the crisis head-on, making it cheaper for parents and cutting red tape for daycares.
3.
Ban private equity firms from buying up housing, ensuring Michigan homes go to Michigan families.
4.
Give families a tax break on back-to-school supplies.
5.
Create state-run retirement accounts for Michiganders whose employers don’t provide long-term savings options.
6.
Ban the use of AI surveillance pricing to jack up the costs of groceries and other essentials.
Auto Insurance
You Can Afford
Michigan put the world on wheels, but insurance costs and bad practices are making driving more expensive than ever. It’s time to fight back.
Auto Insurance
You Can Afford
Michigan put the world on wheels, but insurance costs and bad practices are making driving more expensive than ever. It’s time to fight back.
1. Cut auto insurance rates by 10%. Period.
2. Put a stop to price gouging, excessive fines, and junk fees.
3. Give drivers the right to sue insurers for denying their claim in bad faith and assist them in securing compensation.
4. Put a stop to unfair, deceptive auto insurance industry practices, including delaying or denying legitimate claims and retroactively canceling coverage.
1.
Cut auto insurance rates by 10%. Period.
2.
Put a stop to price gouging, excessive fines, and junk fees.
3.
Give drivers the right to sue insurers for denying their claim in bad faith and assist them in securing compensation.
4.
Put a stop to unfair, deceptive auto insurance industry practices, including delaying or denying legitimate claims and retroactively canceling coverage.
Energy Bills
You Can Afford
Because of constant rate increases and reckless actions coming out of Washington, Michiganders are being slapped with out-of-control energy bills. Exploring more energy options and locking in prices will give residents real savings on their energy bills.
Energy Bills
You Can Afford
Because of constant rate increases and reckless actions coming out of Washington, Michiganders are being slapped with out-of-control energy bills. Exploring more energy options and locking in prices will give residents real savings on their energy bills.
1. Put a stop to constant and excessive rate increases.
2. Make our energy grid more reliable and more efficient, lowering costs for families and putting a stop to constant outages.
3. Ban price gouging on consumer goods, emergency supplies, lodging, gasoline and propane.
1.
Put a stop to constant and excessive rate increases.
2.
Make our energy grid more reliable and more efficient, lowering costs for families and putting a stop to constant outages.
3.
Ban price gouging on consumer goods, emergency supplies, lodging, gasoline and propane.
Quality Health Care
You Can Afford
Health care costs are out of control. It’s time for real reform that puts Michiganders’ health and safety before corporate profits.
Quality Health Care
You Can Afford
Health care costs are out of control. It’s time for real reform that puts Michiganders’ health and safety before corporate profits.
1. Cap interest and late fees on medical debt and ban it from appearing on credit reports.
2. Create a state-based exchange, lowering premiums and giving Michiganders more options and more control over their health insurance.
3. Tackle the crisis in rural health care head-on, ensuring hospital doors in rural communities stay open.
4. Hold Big Pharma accountable, capping the price of essential drugs, and making them pay their fair share.
5. Increase options for small businesses to shop for better, more affordable health insurance for their employees.
1.
Cap interest and late fees on medical debt and ban it from appearing on credit reports.
2.
Create a state-based exchange, lowering premiums and giving Michiganders more options and more control over their health insurance.
3.
Tackle the crisis in rural health care head-on, ensuring hospital doors in rural communities stay open.
4.
Hold Big Pharma accountable, capping the price of essential drugs, and making them pay their fair share.
5.
Increase options for small businesses to shop for better, more affordable health insurance for their employees.