Healthcare access millage

Urged long-term public health and reproductive healthcare funding, citing her own uninsured-adjacent spinal surgery and the county's uninsured rate possibly doubling.

CEO of Corner Health Center told the story of a teen patient with HIV the safety net saved, and asked for a yes vote on final reading.

A former Michigan Medicine administrator laid out the 'five A's of access' to argue care is already accessible in the county.

Opposed the millage on cost-of-living grounds and attacked Planned Parenthood's political spending, asking the board not to fund a partisan group.

Called the millage a disguised abortion-funding measure and urged rejection.

A U-M art student said rising taxes would raise rents and opposed funding Planned Parenthood.

Argued taxpayers shouldn't be coerced into funding politically affiliated organizations.

A Chelsea resident shared her family's poverty story to argue poverty doesn't justify abortion.

A real estate broker said the millage would add roughly $500 a year to taxes on the average home, hurting buyers and renters.

A Catholic Ypsilanti resident said the millage would violate his conscience.

A 17-year-old who lost his father urged a no vote, citing his family's financial strain.

An EMU student who borrowed to pay his own taxes opposed compelling support of a private organization.

Daughter of a disabled former nurse asked the board not to add financial burden to struggling families.

A 19-year-old type 1 diabetic opposed the tax and criticized Planned Parenthood.

Superior Township resident urged rejection of any tax funding abortion.

A Packard Health physician and WHP board president said 12,000-18,000 residents will lose coverage and corrected the cost figure to about $40/year per household.

Argued county taxes should fund traditional mandates, not a national nonprofit, and shared personal anti-abortion testimony.

An RN of 15 years said the millage is unnecessary given existing free clinics like Hope Clinic.

Objected specifically to the 25 percent allocated to sexual and reproductive health organizations.

Clarified that 75 percent of funding goes to general healthcare and urged a yes vote.

A Pittsfield Township resident who donates to local charities opposed adding taxes and funding Planned Parenthood.

A York Township resident asked for a no vote, citing the recent $500,000 grant to Planned Parenthood.

A WIC mother of a low-income family asked for a no vote and criticized the $500,000 Planned Parenthood grant.

Asked the board to strip Planned Parenthood funding or vote no.

A U-M undergrad noted 75 percent of funding goes beyond Planned Parenthood and urged a yes vote.

Appeared with his wife and infant daughter and urged the board to stop the millage.

Said taxes are already very high and opposed supporting a politically active organization.

Pittsfield Township resident noted the county's fifth-highest tax rate and suggested funding roads and shelters instead.

A Ypsilanti resident criticized Planned Parenthood's response to an abused teen and opposed further taxes.

A Superior Township voter opposed funding Planned Parenthood for abortion and political reasons.

Urged no on the ballot question, opposing the 25 percent Planned Parenthood allocation while supporting 911 funding.

Webster Township resident cited high taxes and restored federal funds and urged no tax increase.

A Catholic Superior Township resident urged rejection of the millage.

An Ann Arbor resident opposed the millage, citing personal accounts and transgender treatment concerns.

Used an analogy about Aztec child sacrifice to oppose abortion funding.

An Ann Arbor lifelong resident shared an anti-abortion story and opposed the millage.

The Corner Health Center CEO told a story of a teenage HIV patient the clinic saved and urged a yes vote to put the healthcare millage on the ballot.

A Packard Health physician and Washtenaw Health Project board president urged placing the millage on the ballot, correcting that it is 0.2 mills — about $40 a year per household.

The Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice director urged putting the health millage to a vote, citing federal funding gaps and the county's landslide election result on healthcare.

The founding executive director of the Washtenaw Health Plan urged the board to put a healthcare millage on the November 2026 ballot, warning federal Medicaid cuts could strip coverage from 15,000–18,000 county residents.

A longtime Ann Arbor activist and community college trustee asked the board to let voters decide on a small millage to support the Washtenaw Health Project, arguing it would have progressive features since higher-value homes pay more.

Urged the board to counteract federal policies locally by voting to put the healthcare millage on the ballot, saying county voters would approve it overwhelmingly.