At a November 18th Steering Committee meeting, Adreanne Waller presented the 2010 Washtenaw County Health Improvement Plan survey results for benchmarking purposes. The health department uses the Health Improvement Plan survey to track health care trends. Among the important findings in 2010: The county’s uninsurance rate had increased 50 percent over the past decade (to 10.9 percent). Additionally, 17 percent of the county’s Black residents reported that they were unable to fill prescriptions due to cost.
