A Proposal to Amend the Benton Harbor City Charter to Establish a Benton Harbor Health Equality Committee and Require a Healthcare Action Plan
Benton Harbor · Berrien County County · November 3, 2026
The question on your ballot
A proposal to amend the Benton Harbor City Charter to establish a Benton Harbor Health Equality Committee appointed by the City Commission to address health care affordability and access. The Committee would gather public testimony from the community; analyze data; review how federal, state, and local policies have affected healthcare affordability and access; and produce a biennial Healthcare Action Plan. The Healthcare Action Plan would evaluate changes in health insurance and benefit coverage, track actions of federal and state officials, and recommend solutions. The City Commission would adopt and publish a Healthcare Action Plan. Shall this proposal be adopted?
In plain language
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Benton Harbor voters are asked whether to amend the city charter to create a Health Equality Committee appointed by the City Commission to address health care affordability and access. The committee would gather public testimony, analyze data and review how federal, state and local policies have affected health care. It would produce a biennial Healthcare Action Plan that evaluates changes in insurance and benefit coverage, tracks actions by federal and state officials, and recommends solutions. The City Commission would adopt and publish that plan. A YES vote adopts the proposal; a NO vote does not.
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