Let’s raise
the floor.

Use MIcare as a framework to study access to comprehensive healthcare for every Michigan resident.

Evaluate what Michigan already spends, including public funding, premiums, deductibles, copays and employer contributions. Study which costs could be replaced, what additional revenue would be needed and what federal waivers implementation would require.

Examine provider reimbursement, prescription-drug costs, possible administrative savings and the effects on households, employers and healthcare workers. A transition plan matters as much as the goal.

Study reducing, freezing or potentially eliminating property taxes for qualifying senior homeowners in retirement, and preserving protected taxable values in qualifying family transfers. These are ideas to evaluate, not finalized tax rules.

Tie any protection to continued family and owner occupancy, so it supports family homes rather than becoming a tax shelter for investment properties.

Explore a one-time Family Home Transition Contribution when the next generation keeps the home and its tax protection. Its purpose would be to help offset the program’s fiscal effects. Any plan needs a clear way to protect local public-service funding.

Listen to parents and support educators. Explore teacher training, state-supported professional development and demonstration classrooms, including Montessori-informed practices that could work in traditional classrooms.

Evaluate student outcomes, special-education needs, teacher satisfaction and retention, costs and alignment with Michigan academic requirements. This is not a proposal to immediately require Montessori certification for every teacher.

Examine unnecessary delays, fragmented services, confusing eligibility rules and gaps between federal, state and local programs.

Many core benefits are federal. My focus in Michigan is better navigation and coordination, oversight of state programs and federal advocacy where needed. Listen to veterans throughout Michigan and use their experiences and data to guide the work.

Work with MDOT and Michigan partners on real-world pilots. Measure deterioration, maintenance and lifetime costs, publish the results, expand successful approaches and drop failures.

Explore industrial hemp fiber for construction, composites and manufacturing, with infrastructure uses considered only where engineering evidence supports them. Michigan-grown materials must prove their performance and economics before wider use.