The Michigan Reform Plan
Lower costs. Rebuild Michigan.
Put working families first.
Michigan can lead again — but not with politics as usual.
For too long, families have been asked to work harder while getting less in return. Healthcare costs rise. Housing slips further out of reach. Schools are stretched thin. Roads, power systems, and supply chains fall behind. And too many people feel like government responds faster to donors, lobbyists, and special interests than to the people who actually build this state.
The Michigan Reform Plan is a full, connected strategy to change that.
It is a plan to lower the cost of living, rebuild public systems, strengthen democracy, create good jobs, and give working families more control over their future.
This is not a collection of isolated ideas. It is one coordinated plan to make Michigan more affordable, more capable, more democratic, and more secure.
Michigan Is Being Squeezed From
Every Direction
Families are under pressure from every side at once.
Healthcare is too expensive. Prescription prices stay high. Rent and home prices keep rising. Public schools face staffing shortages and uneven resources. Major industries are changing fast, but too many workers and communities are left without a clear path forward. Infrastructure still fails too often. Utility bills rise while aging systems remain vulnerable. And trust in government has eroded as people watch public institutions move too slowly or serve the wrong priorities.
These problems are connected.
That means the solution has to be connected too.
Michigan does not need one more narrow program. Michigan needs a governing plan big enough to match the scale of the challenge.
One Plan.
Eight Major Reforms.
The Michigan Reform Plan brings together eight major initiatives that work as one:
1. MI-Care
A public healthcare plan designed to guarantee affordable care, reduce medical debt, and make healthcare a source of security instead of fear.
2. MI-Meds
A public medicines strategy to lower prescription costs, prevent shortages, and build Michigan-based pharmaceutical capacity.
3. Michigan Energy Independence Plan
A strategy to lower long-term energy costs, modernize the grid, strengthen supply chains, and build the next generation of energy manufacturing here at home.
4. Michigan Industrial Renewal Plan
A plan to rebuild advanced manufacturing, modernize infrastructure, strengthen worker power, and make Michigan the best place in America to build.
5. Michigan Opportunity & Education Investment Plan
A cradle-to-career investment strategy covering early learning, strong public schools, workforce development, college access, retraining, and lifelong opportunity.
6. Michigan First Homes Initiative
A housing plan to lower pressure on renters, help first-time buyers, protect neighborhoods from speculation, and make homeownership possible again.
7. FAIR Plan
A democracy and accountability agenda to strengthen ethics enforcement, expand participation, protect civil liberties, and rebuild trust in public institutions.
8. Michigan Clean Water and Infrastructure Justice Act
A long-term plan to replace lead pipes, enforce contamination accountability, protect water affordability, and guarantee safe, reliable water systems across Michigan.
The Michigan Reform Plan — At a Glance
Most candidates give you three bullet points. This is eight fully drafted pieces of legislation.
The Michigan Reform Plan is a complete governing framework — not a slogan, not a wish list. Every pillar below is a real bill with real statutory language, written to be introduced on day one. Each one-pager gives you the problem, the policy, the funding, and who it helps.
Read the summaries below. Read the full legislation at the links below. Then decide for yourself whether this district is ready for something serious.
The Michigan Reform Plan covers healthcare, housing, labor, energy, education, democracy reform, prescription affordability, and clean water. All eight acts are fully drafted and publicly available. This is what governing looks like before you get to Lansing.
These Reforms Are Designed to Reinforce Each Other
The strength of the Michigan Reform Plan is that each part makes the others stronger.
Lower medicine costs support affordable healthcare. Affordable healthcare gives families more stability. Stable families are better able to buy homes, go back to school, start businesses, and stay rooted in their communities.
Stronger schools and workforce pathways help Michigan lead in advanced manufacturing, clean energy, healthcare, and technology. Industrial renewal creates the jobs that make housing, education, and long-term growth more secure.
Energy modernization lowers costs for households and employers while making the state more competitive. Infrastructure investment strengthens manufacturing, logistics, and regional development. Housing reform helps workers stay in the communities where opportunity is growing. The Clean Water Act works alongside MI-Care and the Energy Independence Plan to reduce the long-term public health and infrastructure costs that Michigan families are currently absorbing.
And democracy reform helps ensure all of it stays accountable to the public.
This is what real reform looks like: not separate slogans, but a state that works together again.
The Core Goals
Every part of the Michigan Reform Plan is built around the same goals:
Goal 1 — Lower the cost of living
Reduce the pressure families face from healthcare, medicine, housing, utilities, and other basic necessities.
Goal 2 — Rebuild public systems that work
Modernize the systems people rely on every day — from schools and healthcare to roads, power, and democratic institutions.
Goal 3 — Create good jobs and stronger communities
Tie investment to job quality, workforce development, domestic production, and long-term regional strength.
Goal 4 — Put public power back on the public’s side
Make government more transparent, more competent, and more accountable to working people.
Goal 5 — Build a Michigan that can lead again
Compete nationally in healthcare reform, industrial strategy, energy modernization, education, and democratic renewal.
This Is What Governing Should Look Like
Government should solve problems people can actually feel.
It should help families afford the doctor.
It should make prescriptions cheaper.
It should help workers train for better jobs.
It should make it easier to buy a home.
It should fix the roads the right way.
It should modernize the grid.
It should strengthen schools.
It should stop treating democracy like a game for insiders.
The Michigan Reform Plan is built on a simple idea:
If people work hard, raise families, contribute to their communities, and believe in this state, government should fight just as hard for them.
That is what this plan is about.
Start Big. Deliver Early.
Build Long-Term.
The Michigan Reform Plan is designed to produce visible results early while laying the foundation for long-term change.
That means the first governing phase focuses on the biggest, clearest wins families can feel:
lowering everyday cost pressure
stabilizing key public systems
restoring trust through visible action
launching coordinated implementation instead of siloed programs
proving that public leadership can still deliver real results
The goal is not to wait years for people to feel the difference.
The goal is to act fast, act seriously, and build confidence through results.
Michigan Can Lead Again
Michigan built the middle class. Michigan built the industries that shaped the modern world. Michigan has the workers, communities, institutions, and determination to lead again.
But leadership will not come from drift. It will not come from timid half-measures. And it will not come from treating each crisis like it exists in isolation.
It will come from a plan that matches the scale of the moment.
The Michigan Reform Plan is that plan.
- Universal coverage with $0 out-of-pocket costs — no copays, deductibles, or network barriers
- Comprehensive benefits: reproductive care, gender-affirming care, mental health, dental, vision, substance use treatment, and contraception
- Pet healthcare coverage — Michigan is the first state to include companion animal care
- Prohibition on corporate practice of medicine — clinical decisions belong to doctors, not private equity
- Medical debt discharged and barred from credit reporting
- All-payer provider participation — any provider receiving public dollars must accept MI-Care
- Michigan Prescription Bulk Purchasing Authority — state negotiates drug prices using Medicare-equivalent bargaining power
- Essential medicines affordability program — insulin, EpiPens, inhalers, and other critical drugs at cost-based prices
- Michigan Generic Drug Manufacturing Initiative — state-supported domestic production of critical generics to break supply chain vulnerability
- Price gouging prohibition on essential medicines during declared emergencies and supply disruptions
- Pharmacy benefit transparency — ban on hidden PBM markups and spread pricing at the expense of patients
- Binding clean energy standard: 50% by 2035, 75% by 2042, 100% carbon-free by 2050
- Automatic outage credits — $5-$25/hour for residential customers, no claim required
- Data center separate rate class — no data center infrastructure costs shifted to households
- Utility payment fee prohibition — free payment method required for every customer
- Michigan Public Power and Grid Authority — public ownership pathway for grid assets
- 35% environmental justice investment standard in all clean energy spending
- Municipal and cooperative broadband authority — repeal of state restriction on local broadband
- 32-hour standard workweek — phased transition beginning with state employment, full pay maintained
- 100% minimum wage for tipped workers — phased over four years
- Wage theft as a felony — up to 5 years for $1,000+ in stolen wages
- ABC test for worker classification — no misclassifying employees as contractors
- Data center moratorium until a public-interest siting framework is in place
- Death Star preemption repeal — local governments can set their own labor standards
- Michigan Paid Family and Medical Leave — 12 weeks paid, all employer sizes
- Non-compete restrictions — void for workers earning under 3x minimum wage
- Portable Renter Equity Program — monthly equity credits vested after 24 months, usable for a first home purchase
- 20% renter income tax deduction on rent paid — up to 120% AMI, with phase-out to 140%
- Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act — first right to buy when your landlord sells
- Economic displacement relocation assistance — 3 months' rent when costs spike past covered thresholds
- No rent payment fees — landlords must offer one free payment method
- Bulk investor monitoring and anti-speculation measures for residential markets
- Taxable value protection for homeowners who move — end of property tax lock-in
- Michigan Free College Compact — tuition-free at any Michigan public college, no income cap, part-time eligible
- Michigan Student and Education Debt Relief Fund — acquires and discharges private student loans and institutional debt
- Universal school meals — no more lunch debt, no child eats less because of their family's income
- Michigan Extracurricular Access Initiative — school equipment grants, individual gear grants up to $400/year
- Universal childcare — phased buildout beginning with highest-need communities
- Weighted school funding formula — 40% more per pupil for low-income students
- Discipline equity standards — ban on K-5 suspensions for nonviolent offenses
- Michigan Public Integrity Commission — independent ethics enforcement body
- Voter data privacy — federal access demands blocked without AG legal review
- Election official protection — criminal penalties for threats and intimidation
- Immigration coercion is a felony — using deportation threats to suppress wages or retaliation
- Michigan Reproductive Freedom Shield — no cooperation with out-of-state prosecution of lawful healthcare
- CLEAR Boards — community oversight of law enforcement, statewide standards
- Universal background checks, ERPO, and safe storage — firearm safety with due process
- For-profit prison phaseout — state ends private detention contracts within 6 months
- Constitutional right to clean water — private right of action when the state fails to protect it
- Water Affordability Program — sliding scale rates: 1% of income at poverty level, 2.5% at 300% FPL
- PFAS polluter pays — mandatory cleanup costs borne by responsible parties, not ratepayers
- Lead service line replacement — mandatory timeline with state support for lower-income communities
- CAFO discharge enforceable standards — algal bloom prevention with compliance timelines
- Environmental Justice Office within EGLE — permanent staff, designated community designations, 35% investment standard
- Public Water Quality Dashboard — real-time searchable data by utility and municipality
Signature Policy Plans
Explore the detailed policy proposals that will lower costs, strengthen communities, and build a strong economy in Michigan.
A Michigan universal healthcare plan that lowers costs, guarantees coverage, and simplifies care for families.
Manufacture essential medications at cost to stop price gouging and ensure reliable access to life-saving drugs.
Build more homes, protect renters, and make it possible for working families to afford housing again.
Rebuild Michigan’s infrastructure, strengthen domestic manufacturing, and invest in energy, transportation, and water systems to create good-paying jobs and support long-term economic growth.
Expand Michigan wind and solar power to lower utility bills and create good-paying jobs.
Invest in teachers, expand childcare and preschool, provide universal school meals, and strengthen career and skilled-trade pathways so every Michigan student can succeed.
End the influence of big money in politics with public campaign financing, stronger ethics laws, transparent government, and protections for fair elections.
Replace lead pipes, enforce PFAS accountability, protect water affordability, and guarantee safe water for every Michigan resident.
Read the Full
Michigan Reform Plan
Explore the full plan, review the policy framework, and download the PDF version below.
A full governing plan to lower costs, rebuild public systems, create good jobs, and make Michigan work for working families again.
The Policy
Michigan’s Future Is Worth Fighting For
If you believe government should work for working families — not the well-connected few — join our campaign.
Together we can build a Michigan that is more affordable, more accountable, and more fair.