Company Overview
Using progressive policies and the power of grass roots networks, MCA advances social, racial and economic justice for all. MCA relies on the support of its 11,000 members, partners and allies to make Michigan a better place to live and work.

Recent Top News

We're on the news!

Michigan Citizen Action met with Michigan State Representative John Kivela and the Michigan Education Association at Marquette City Hall to discuss the local impact of their most recent report, which found close to $1.2 trillion in tax cuts and credits for America’s largest corporations... read more.

Levin proposes closing off shore tax loopholes

Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. and three cosponsors today will introduce legislation to close a host of offshore corporate tax loopholes, make the tax code fairer for small businesses and families and provide part of the foundation for a balanced deficit-reduction package to end sequestration.

Tax and Education Reform

Reform Michigan's tax code, invest more in education... read more.

CONSUMERS "PAYING THE PRICE"

Nine-Month Study Findings are Clear

The findings are clear: Consumers are “paying the price” for the repeal of the Item Pricing Law. Our investigation has found that not only did Shopping Reform and Modernization Act (SRMA) not lower grocery prices; Michigan prices have stayed consistently higher and grew at a faster rate than the national average.

Read more about this issue 
see our report and executive summary

Expansion of Medicaid In Michigan

Last week, despite overwhelming support and advocacy from hospital leaders, physicians, insurers, business leaders, consumers and Gov. Rick Snyder, legislation to significantly reform and expand Michigan's Medicaid program was not taken up for a vote by the state Senate... Learn More.

LIVE-EVENT TICKET PROTECTION

We applaud a recent two-bill package introduced recently in the state House of Representatives to protect consumers from deceptive and unfair practices in live-event ticket market. Problems arise often when someone wants to transfer tickets to someone else, even as a gift, and are unable to.
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HEALTH CARE REALITIES

We have posted a wealth of information on Health Care, Obamacare, Medicare, and the Republican plans to change it.
Read a re-posted NYT editorial "Medicare Truth and Lies"
Health Care for America (HCAN) is a national coalition of more than 1,000 groups in 50 states representing 30 million people.  We are pleased to be an affiliate.
HCAN works to promote, defend, implement and improve the Affordable Care Act (ACA) at the state and federal levels, protect Medicare and Medicaid, increase corporate accountability and confront forces that seek to take away critical services. 

TAKE ACTION NOW

With a vote expected to happen
in the next few weeks,
TAKE ACTION NOW!
Tell Congress to pass the Bring Jobs
Home Act right now
We believe that companies that do well IN America, must do right BY America. And that means investing in jobs right here at home.  But every day, more and more big corporations outsource jobs — destroying whole livelihoods and communities in the process.
Jobs with good pay and benefits, so that families can educate our children, love and retire with security and pursue our dreams.

USAction builds power by uniting people locally and nationally, on-the-ground and online, to win a more just and progressive America.

THE ISSUES:

DRUG INDUSTRY IMMUNITY

AMERICA NEEDS GOOD JOBS